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Store: Goodwill
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Location: Phoenix, Arizona
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Value: $35,000
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What makes it so special: In 2015, Zach Norris went to Goodwill in search of golf accessories, but saw the watch and knew it was something special. He purchased it for just $5.99. While it was well worn, it was one of only about a thousand made.
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Norris couldn’t believe his luck. \"I’ve found some stuff in the past that I have been really excited about and stoked, but this is one of those things you’re like, 'One day, one day it will happen,' and it happened for me,\" he said.
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Store: Goodwill
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Location: Baltimore, Maryland
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Value: $40,000
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What makes it so special: In 2008, someone dropped a painting of a Parisian street scene in a pile with other mostly worthless donations outside a Baltimore Goodwill. A store employee spotted the painting, entitled \"Marche aux fleurs\" right away and knew it was something special.
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Store manager Terri Tonelli said employees alerted her to the painting, and when she did research, she found Cortes’s works had previously sold at auction for up to $60,000.
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Store: Goodwill
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Location: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
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Value: $42,000
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What makes it so special: Bargain shopper Jennifer Thompson found the 1987 Nintendo Entertainment System video game in 2013. She recognized immediately what it was and paid the $7.99 price, hoping no one would notice. As the employee cashed her out, he realized the store’s folly and offered her all the money in the register for the still-sealed copy, which she turned down.
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It’s title is what makes \"Stadium Events\" so sought after. Only 2,000 copies of the game were made, with only a handful making it to U.S. shores. Less than 20 have been found since. In 1988, its name was changed to \"World Class Track Meet.\"
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This makes the North American version with the original title rare. Only about 10 copies of the original have been seen since.
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Store: Goodwill
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Location: Asheville, North Carolina
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Value: $43,020
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What makes it so special: Sean and Rikki McEvoy sell vintage clothes and picked up the sweater in a bulk purchase for only 58 cents. They thought it was a vintage baseball warm-up jumper until they noticed \"Lombardi\" written on a tag inside.
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Their suspicions turned out to be correct. It belonged to legendary football coach Vince Lombardi, who was the offensive coordinator for the New York Giants before becoming head coach of the Green Bay Packers. Under his guidance, the teams won a total of three NFL championships and two Super Bowls.
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Before he became a legend in the NFL, Lombardi was an assistant coach at West Point for Army, coaching offensive linemen and honing his future coaching style under another legendary head coach, Earl \"Colonel Red\" Blaik.
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Store: Mennonite Central Committee Thrift Store
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Location: New Hamburg, Ontario, Canada
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Value: $45,000
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What makes it so special: A simple painting of a shoreline by a Nova Scotia folk artist named Maud Lewis turned up in a thrift store in 2017. The painting, \"Portrait of Eddie Barnes and Ed Murphy, Lobster Fisherman, Bay View, Nova Scotia,\" was spotted by a volunteer in the donation bin and was quickly authenticated by art experts.
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Maud Lewis lived in poverty and sold her paintings for about $3 during her lifetime. After she died in 1970, her work became popular and now fetches five figures at auction.
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Store: N/A
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Location: London, England
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Value: £32,000 ($45,001)
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What makes it so special: Daily Mail contributor Thea Jourdan found the brooch in a London junk shop in 2011 and paid just £20 pounds ($27.69 today) for it before discovering it was from the 19th century and made with topaz and diamonds.
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Her toddler daughter, Imogen, fell in love with the piece, played with it and wore it when playing dress-up. Before it went up for auction, Thea said, \"I didn’t have the faintest idea that my daughter’s trinket had such an illustrious pedigree — and such a stupendous price tag. I’m a little sad that Imogen is going to lose it, but we’ll put the money it raises into a trust fund for her education and buy her a few pearls of wisdom.\"
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Store: N/A
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Location: South River, Ontario, Canada
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Value: $100,000
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What makes it so special: An unidentified person found the painting, a 9.75-inch by 8-inch portrait, outside of a thrift store near a South River landfill and was shocked to find David Bowie’s signature on the back.
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The painting, known as \"D Head XLVI,\" is one in a series of portraits Bowie painted between 1994 and 1997.
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Store: N/A
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Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canda
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Value: $139,349
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What makes it so special: The green Master’s jacket of the Augusta National Golf Club is iconic. While all members of the club get a jacket, only Masters winners can wear it offsite. In 1994, a man found one such jacket in a Toronto thrift store, which was with several other blazers.
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He purchased it for $5 and in 2017, finally decided to let it go to auction. The jacket dates back to the 1950s, and while a Master’s winner was likely its original owner (unless someone else smuggled one out), it no longer had the name tag attached.
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Its origins, therefore, remain a mystery.
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Store: Goodwill
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Location: Anderson, South Carolina
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Value: $190,000
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What makes it so special: In 2012, a former antique dealer found an unusual oil painting that he thought might be worth something. After paying only $3 for it, his daughter-in-law took it to \"Antiques Roadshow\" where she was told it was from a Flemish art school and dated back to the 17th century.
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The buyer, who went by the name \"Leroy,\" said of the purchase: \"It's the biggest find I've ever had. It's that one thing you're always looking for. I'd like to get the big one. Well, that was the big one. I can only thank Goodwill for that.\"
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Store: Chameleon Thrift Store
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Location: Hereford, England
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Value: $200,000
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What makes it so special: In 1996, a ball gown worn by Princess Diana was donated with other royal outfits. An employee bought the dress for about $250 and intended to wear it to a local ball. She never did, and instead stored it where it remained untouched for 22 years.
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It wasn’t until she saw a documentary featuring Diana wearing the dress that she realized just how valuable it was. It was eventually won by a museum at auction.
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Store: Music City Thrift Shop
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Location: Nashville, Tennessee
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Value: $477,650
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What makes it so special: In 2007, music equipment technician Michael Sparks purchased a 184-year-old copy of the Declaration of Independence for just $2.48.
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He was surprised when he discovered it was an \"official copy” commissioned by John Quincy Adams and was dated to 1823.
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Store: Oxfam
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Location: Kingston, England
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Value: $500,000
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What makes it so special: John Richard bought the thrift store bag for about $30 because he liked the unusual print of Elvis Presley it was made from.
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Little did Richard know that the print was designed by none other than Andy Warhol.
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The buyer soon discovered that it was one of only 10 ever made.
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Store: Angel View Thrift Store
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Location: Yucca Valley, California
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Value: $500,000-$2.5 million
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What makes it so special: Joshua Tree art collector and enthusiast Michael P. Wilson was attracted to the painting, but did not know it was a Warhol because it looks nothing like the pop art style he’s known for.
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Wilson purchased it for around $40 and held onto it for years. It was only when he recognized the signature that he knew he had a Warhol.
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Store: N/A
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Location: Southern California
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Value: Millions
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What makes it so special: A retired truck driver named Teri Horton bought the Pollock for $5 dollars and was the subject of a 2006 documentary, \"Who the $&% Is Jackson Pollock?\" which is exactly what she said to an art teacher who spotted it at a yard sale she hosted in 1992.
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A forensic art expert later discovered one of Pollock's fingerprints on the painting and concluded it was an original. However, the International Foundation for Art Research wasn’t convinced as there was no provenance.
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Despite receiving up to $9 million in offers, Horton, who felt the painting was worth $50 million, died without selling it. Her son, Bill Page, possesses the painting to this day. It may very well be one of the most expensive things found at a thrift store if he decides to sell.
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