Take A Look At The List Of Most Precious Thrift Store Or Yard Sale Findings

Ansel Adam Prints: $200 Million

Back in 2000, Rick Norsigian had bought a picture frame that had the Yosemite National Park in it. Since Norsigian was left so captivated by the photo, he did not feel bad that he had to buy the frame for $45. He was more than happy that he got to take home the works of art. After doing some background checking on these photos he was surprised to find out that they were indeed the works of celebrated photographer, Ansel Adams. Norsigian soon listed these photographs at the price of $7,500.  But soon he was left all the more shocked to realize that these photo were worth so much more. How much you ask? The photographs were estimated to be around an unimaginable $200 million. The family of Ansel Adams tried to deny the fact that these were original pieces but then the artists’ hand-writing and dates written on the pictures gave everything away.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s “Paysage Bords de Seine”: $100,000

There was once an incident where the famous French Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s painting was found at a flea market. It had been sold to an anonymous person for a fair of $50. This painting had been bought at the Shenandoah Valley flea market. Then, an anonymous man took it to the Virginia auction house where the experts had to approve that it was indeed Renoir’s Paysage Bords de Seine from the year 1879. This fame had previously been sold to a Paris gallery way back in 1926 to an international lawyer Herbert L. May. This is a unique painting that has a very small dimension of just 5.5-by-9-inches. So it would definitely be easy for someone to ridicule this painting just because of its small size. However, its size does not take away from its beauty and is truly a masterpiece one needs to see up close and personal to value.

Egyptian Cat Bust: $80,000

This artifact was found in Cornwall, southern England. It is actually a 2,500 years old Egyptian item. The yard sale wrapped up and this cat was thrown out in the garbage. But then luckily, someone took custody of it and now this piece that dates back to at least 500 B.C was verified by an Egyptian expert at The British Museum. It was auctioned off for $20,000 then again for $80,000 in London.

Tifanny Mirror: $25,000

An anonymous person bought this rare 1905 Tiffany Mirror Peacock Mirror in Hurley, Arizona. It was just bought off for $2 but then reached the Antiques Roadshow to be appraised by 2010. It even has the iconic “Tiffany Studios New York” logo. The Antiques Roadshow appraiser, Arlie Sulka had it appraised to around $25,000, which is clearly a big steal if you ask anyone.

Velvet Underground Record: $25,000

Warren Hill, from Montreal, bought this classic vinyl record for just 75 cents from the sidewalks of New York back in 2002. He felt like it was a cheap price to pay for such an amazing artist. But then he soon discovered about how rare this EP demo was, he freaked out. It was recorded by Colombia Records back in 1966. This was allegedly the only copy of the recording and so it went up to be worth $25,000!

Stadium Events Video Game: $25,000

Jennifer Thompson from North Carolina was just DVD shopping at Goodwill when she suddenly saw a video game that caught her eye from afar. She bought the game for just $7.99 and it was actually the NES cartridge for “Stadium Events”. After finding out that it was one of the rarest video games ever, she decided to auction if off to an orthodontist for $25,000.