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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Phyllis Cha

She bought a thrift shop vase for $3.99. It sold in Chicago for more than $100,000.

Jessica Vincent hit the jackpot with her $3.99 purchase of a Carlo Scarpa vase in June. (Courtesy of Jessica Vincent)

As the old saying goes, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Last week, one woman’s thrift shop vase became her bounty when a Chicago auction house sold it for more than $100,000.

While shopping at a Goodwill store in Hanover County, Virginia, in June, Jessica Vincent noticed a large glass vase with red and green spirals on it. She didn’t think much of it at first, but when she looked closer and realized the glass was iridescent, she knew she had to have it. She bought it for a paltry $3.99.

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