Old Vase Purchased At Goodwill Sells For Massive Price At Auction
Looking at expensive vases. (Photo by Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images)
A lot of good can come from thrifting. Not only can you save money, but you also could end up making money. An old vase purchased from Goodwill has sold for a massive price at an auction.
Just what I needed. A new excuse to go thrifting. It seems like it might be worth it!
Italian Vase Found At Goodwill Sells For $107K At Auction
Recently, a thrifter purchased a vase at a Goodwill in Richmond, Virginia and didn’t know at the time what she had found. Turns out, it was a prized Carlo Scarpa vase.
The woman, Jessica Vincent, has now gone viral online with people marveling at the thought of turning $4 into $107,000. That’s right. The vase ended up selling at an auction for $107,000. That’s a thrifter’s dream!
According to BroBible, Vincent said, “I saw that it was a solid piece of glass and that it was heavy, not junk. I’m not a glass expert, but once I saw the Murano marking, I knew I wanted to buy it. When we got to the checkout, it was $3,99–I had been prepared to pay $8 or $9 for it, so I was super excited at the price.” Oh, Jessica. Just wait and see how excited you’re going to be!
Handling the sale at the auction was Wright Auctions. Check out what they posted on Instagram highlighting the incredible vase.
According to BroBible, the vase was designed 81 years ago in 1942. Reports say a lost piece turning up like this is almost unheard of. BroBible reports the vase was billed as, “one of the rarest works of Italian glass.”
Thankfully, a Facebook Group was able to help Jessica identify the vase. According to BroBible, she was offered $10,000 for it but opted to reach out to an auction instead. That turned out to be a wise decision.
Any plans today? Might as well go thrifting. You never know what you might find!
Kurt Cobain: 6 Pieces of Memorabilia That Sold Big at Auction
Kurt Cobain was born on February 20, 1967. While he was only on the Earth for 27 years, he left an impact that is still felt today.
Many musicians have talked about the impact of the late Nirvana frontman. Billie Joe Armstrong once said of Cobain, “When someone goes that honestly straight to the core of who they are, what they’re feeling, and was able to kind of put it out there, I don’t know, man, it’s amazing. I remember hearing it when ‘Nevermind’ came out and just thinking, we’ve finally got our Beatles, this era finally got our Beatles, and ever since then it’s never happened again.”
Patti Smith said in 1996 she was happy a generation of young people had Nirvana growing up. She noted, “I didn’t know anything about Kurt’s torments or personal life. I saw the work and the energy, and I was excited by that.”
Surprisingly, Cobain also has a lot of love from the rap community. Complex gathered quotes from some of the biggest rappers of all time about how much they admire Cobain. Jay Z likened Cobain to artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, who also died at 27 and struggled with substance abuse.
The reach of Cobain has continued as Nirvana is always introduced to new generations. Dave Grohl said during an October 2023 appearance on Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend, “What I’ve realized is that kids these days, there’s like a window between the ages of 10 and 13 or maybe 11 and 14, where almost every kid goes through a Nirvana phase.”
This impact is why when Cobain-related items go up for auction, they sell for massive price tags. In the past decade, Cobain memorabilia has seemingly become a subset of the entire celebrity auction market.
Want proof? Check out these six items that sold big at auction.
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