An American woman bought a second-hand vase for $4 and sold it for over $100,000 – photo

In the American state of Virginia, a woman bought a second-hand glass vase for $3.99.

Later, she learned about the vessel’s value and resold it at auction for more than $100,000, The New York Times reports.

Jessica Vincent, 43, bought the red-green vase in June of this year at a Goodwill thrift store.

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At the bottom of the product, the woman noticed a small letter “M”, which, in her opinion, could mean Murano – an island near Venice, which is considered the historical birthplace of Italian glassware.

American Jessica Vincent with, as it turned out, a rare vase made of Italian glass. Photo: The New York Times

Then Jessica had a feeling that the product could have great value. However, when she got to the register, she heard the price was $3.99.

After purchasing a vase, the woman began to search for information about the product. She found out on social networks that the vase was probably designed by the famous Italian architect Carlo Scarpa.

Then the woman sent a photo of the vase to the Wright auction house, from which she received a call back almost immediately.

According to experts, the product is part of the Pennellate series, developed by Karl Scarpa in the 1940s. How many such vases exist is unknown.

It turned out that the vase was made of Italian glass, which did not have a single crack.

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At the auction, they raised their hands on the question of how such a rare product got to the second-hand market.

In the end, the vase went under the hammer for over $107,000 to a private art collector in Europe.

Photo: Rago/Wright

As a result, the American received about 83.5 thousand dollars, another 23.6 thousand dollars went to the auction house.

“I was thinking about $1,000 or $2,000 for it, but no more.”the woman said.

Jessica Vincent added that her love for thrift stores has been with her since childhood and that for how many years she “developed an eye for hidden treasures“.

In the past, the woman had bought things for a few dollars, including wood carvings from Bali and lithographs by Bert Grodel, the real value of which was much higher.

We previously reported that a dealer is on trial in France, who resold an African mask for 28,000 times more than he bought it for.

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