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Vase woman buys for $3.99 at Virginia thrift shop sells for more than $100,000

Carlo Scarpa Rare Pennellate vase
Rare Carlo Scarpa Pennellate vase sold for $107,100. Photograph: Wright20.com

A woman who bought a glass vase for $3.99 at a local Goodwill charity shop has seen the piece auctioned off for more than $100,000 after it turned out to be a rare and valuable piece of Italian glassware.

Jessica Vincent had bought the item at a Goodwill thrift store in Hanover county, Virginia, and had an inkling that it might have been worth a little more than was usual, she told the New York Times.

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