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

Ben Nicholson Screen Print: $55,000

Jo Heaven was shopping at a local charity store in Swindon, England when her attention was caught by this painting of livestock. She immediately bought the painting for a dollar and then soon discovered something about the painting. There was a name, Ben Nicholson, at the back. This man was an influential British modernist. “My mum was an art teacher, so I’d vaguely heard of Ben Nicholson,” Heaven explained. She soon sold the painting for $55,000.

Mary Moser Painting: $1,300

Liz Lockyer went to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution charity held in Teignmouth back in 2013. She fancied one particular painting that had flowers in it. Since she was also an artist, she felt that the artwork would be of help to her. She bought it for just $6 but realized it was a Mary Moser original. She is one of the two female members have co-founded the Royal Academy of Arts.

Chinese Pot: $470,000

This particular pot had become all worn out and the base was held together with the help of glue. But then someone working at the St. Peter’s Hospice charity shop in England could see its value. It turned out to be calligraphy brushes that had been made using bamboo. The origin of this item dates back to 1662 and 1722 by Chinese artist Gu Jue. Some experts claim it explains the poem “The Agreeable Life in a Land of Transcendents” and somebody from Hong Kong bought it for $470,000.

Augusta National Green Jacket: $139,349

At one thrift store in Toronto, a man bought this coat with the Augusta National Golf Club logo patch on the pocket. The only people who get to wear these jackets are the Master’s champions. But soon a British golf journalist named Dominic Pedler bought off the jacked with  “an offer he couldn’t refuse.” In April 2017, this jacket was auctioned off at an incredible amount of $139,349.

Giovanni Battista Torriglia: $11,205

Maria Rivera who works at the Goodwill in Manassas, Virginia found some paintings in the donation box. Since the painting had a decorated gold frame, she wanted a closer look so she took it with her. “I didn’t know at the time, but I said, ‘we have some money here’,” she had revealed in an interview. money. At an auction, she found that it was actually Italian artist Giovanni Battista Torriglia’s famous work.

18th-Century Chinese Censer: £21,000

This woman from Surrey, England was thrifting in Somerset. She found this gold-rimmed bowl which was actually an 18th-century Chinese censer created during the Qianlong Emperor’s rule. Even though the bowl is very small with the dimensions of only 4.4-inches wide, the censer still sold for £21,000. Some people are just so lucky to find such treasure in all the strangest places.