A woman bought a glass vase for $3.99 at a thrift store and sold it at an auction for $100,000.
Jessica Vincent bought the vase and thought it might be worth a little more than ordinary items, she told The New York Times. “I had a feeling it could be worth $1,000 or $2,000, but I had no idea how much it was really worth until I did some more research,” she said after noticing a small ‘M’ at the bottom of the vase, which made her suspect it could be Murano, an Italian island near Venice famous for glassworks.
Jessica further investigated, and some people online pointed out that it resembled a work by the famous Italian architect Carlo Scarpa. She sent the vase to Wright Auction House, where it sold for $107,100. The vase was officially identified as part of Scarpa’s 1940 “Pennellate” series.
This is truly lucky!
