Most VALUABLE Thrift Store And Garage Sale Finds

most valuable thrift store and garage sale fines number 18 accidental millionaire Rick north ideon had very fond memories of Yosemite National Park when he worked there when he was younger while at a local garage sale he picked up two boxes of glass plates for $45 showing some older images of the park not thinking much of it the boxes were put away for a further two years when he eventually examined them he discovered that they were actual negatives of images taken by Ansel Adams the father of American photography the images were taken between 1919 and 1930 and were valued at two hundred million dollars number 17 lucky break that's what Andy Fields got back in 2012 he was browsing through a garage sale in Las Vegas when he came upon a piece of artwork done by a child intrigued by the piece Fields paid $5.00 for it the drawing showed Rudy Vallee who was a well-known singer and performer from the 1930s the pencil drawing ended up being worth 2.1 million dollars and the reason for that it was done by Andy Warhol when he was a kid number 16 find of the century three dollars out of pocket a New York family took their little Chinese bowl home that they had picked up at a garage sale and left it on a mantelpiece for a very long time turns out they're three dollar investment had quite the return as it fetched 2.2 million dollars at auction the little bowl was a one thousand year old treasure from the northern song dynasty that ruled over China from 960 to 1127 thank goodness they didn't use the bowl as a dumping ground for keys bits of Legos and other pocket finds number 15 I want to ride my bicycle $5.00 is a real bargain for a bicycle but it's an even bigger bargain when it turns out to be the bike that used to belong to Floyd Landis who is accused of doping a few years back he's also the guy who blew the lid on Lance Armstrong anyway we digress this bike had blown off the back of a truck in 2008 and ended up at this garage sale looking a little worse for wear but it didn't take much for Greg estie's to return it to its former glory that's the bike of course not Landis number fourteen diamonds are a girl's best friend and that saying couldn't be truer as seen in this case over in England a lady bought a fake diamond ring for ten dollars as a joke someone suggested she have the ring appraised which she did for a bit of a laugh well she wasn't laughing after the appraisal because the ring was valued at $500,000 the reason why it wasn't initially thought to be real was that it was set in quite a heavy antique setting which is the kind of setting you expect to find in costume jewelry plus it was rather dirty in this setting tarnish so there was no sparkle leaving everyone in the dark about the true worth of the ring number thirteen deal me in Clare lived in a pretty small apartment in New York City and it was quite pleased with a small but pretty table she bought at a garage sale in New Jersey which cost her just twenty-five dollars she had the table for years before getting it appraised to her surprise it was a Seymour card table made by John Seymour in sons back in 1794 she sold the little card table for 1 million dollars number 12 a stroke of luck a vancouver garage sale was what changed the life of an anonymous person who bought a painting along with a watercolor sketch for just $100 the oil painting wasn't big but it was the artist who painted it that was Canadian artist Tom Thompson was an influential artist in the early 20th century and this lucky find was anticipated to bring in two hundred and fifty thousand dollars for its lucky buyer but at the end of the day it only received a hundred and ten thousand dollars still not shabby considering it was bought for 100 number eleven cats out of the bag a family from Cornwall in England had a garage sale and they pretty much sold everything barring this creepy looking cat they had no need for it so they just tossed it into the trash someone saw this bronze cat and rescued it from the rubbish and took it on on the off chance that he'd get a bit of cash for it that throwaway cat was actually an Egyptian artifact from somewhere between 500 and 700 BC and was sold for $100,000 number ten fresh out of luck this Louisiana woman was most certainly fresh out of luck edith parker was holding a garage sale selling bits and bobs from a neighbor that had passed away she lives in a trailer park and didn't have a lot of money after she sold a certain painting for two dollars she discovered that the painting was potentially a Picasso and could be worth millions of dollars she said she did notice the signature but her friend said it was a fake she only learned of the potential value and the woman who bought the painting rocked up at her trailer with a TV crew it's thought the painting might have been stolen but the last article about this painting was written in 2009 and to date there hasn't been any confirmation on value whether it's legit or if it was indeed stolen number 9 names bond James Bond how to make one hundred and twenty thousand dollars of a $30.00 investment buy a watch that was worn by a former Bond Sean Connery and auctioned it off the buyer who wants to remain anonymous went to a car boot sale where he saw this watch worn in the film Thunderball he wasn't a hundred percent sure it was legit when he bought it but for $30 it was worth the risk when he initially had it valued ooh they said it would fetch between forty and seventy thousand dollars so to have received a hundred and twenty thousand was quite the windfall for this eagle-eyed bargain hunter number eight oh this whole thing it was an old LA Lakers basketball poster that was the reason why an appraiser found himself in the garage of Gordon Cosgrove Koz Griff was doing a big clean-out of his garage after he retired when he found the poster hoping it was worth a little money he got the appraiser in while the appraiser was there he sifted through some other pieces of random art collecting dust when he spotted something amazing it was an orange and green painting proudly bearing Jackson Pollock's signature the painting was legit and was valued at fifteen million dollars number seven Just My Luck Tony Marone thought he was the luckiest man alive when he thought he might have come upon millions he had bought an old box of junk from a garage sale for $5.00 and when he opened it all up he came upon some documents amongst them was a stock certificate dating back to 1917 showing there were 1625 shares in Palmer Union oil company he did a bit of digging and discovered that Palmer Union oil company eventually merged with coke and that the certificate he found would entitle him to a substantial amount of money in fact the lawsuit they went ahead with said in the region of a hundred and thirty million dollars unfortunately for Tony he didn't get his millions and he ended up having to pay quite a bit in legal fees number six one for the collection you have to admit this is an exceptionally striking piece of jewelry and no wonder it caught the attention of a Philadelphia woman she spotted it at a flea market and purchased it right away three years after this purchase she happened to be at the Philadelphia Art Museum when she noticed very similar jewelry on display they were all done by Alexander Calder a well-known American sculptor who passed away in 1976 she had her piece checked out and it was proven to be real she sold it at auction for two hundred and sixty seven thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars number five beginner's luck perhaps this anonymous student had just that but regardless she couldn't have been happier with her unexpected windfall she had bought an old sofa at a flea market in Berlin for 215 dollars once she had brought the sofa home she began unfolding it only to discover a painting tucked away inside the piece turned out to be done around 1605 and was called preparation to escape Egypt she sold it for just over twenty-seven thousand dollars number four from trash to treasure literally in 2013 a man was walking along and happened to pass trashcan there he found a violin that someone had just thrown away he took it and went to have it appraised and he knew nothing about violins well it truly was this man's lucky day as the violin was made by giuseppe petrosini a famous violin maker and it was worth $50,000 music to his ears number three my cup runneth over over at this little thrift shop in Sydney an anonymous person spotted this very unusual looking Cup he paid four dollars for it and decided to see if he could find anything out about it he was amazed to find out that he had a Chinese libation Cup from the 17th century made entirely from rhinoceros horn the cup sold at auction and it fetched $75,000 you have to wonder if the person who tossed it ever watches these types of videos and what the reaction would be if they realize their massive mistake number two let's go to the movies it was in an old projection booth of a remodeled theater in Dallas that this Frankenstein movie poster from 1931 was discovered the theater was busy undergoing renovations in the early 70s when it was discovered by Steve Wilkin an online auction was held and it was estimated that the poster would bring in between 100 and 200 thousand dollars but in the end it fetched a massive three hundred and fifty eight thousand five hundred dollars we're not actually sure who got to keep the money but we imagine it was probably split between the person who found it in the theater what do you think number one thank your lucky stars we only know him as Leroy and in 2006 Leroy bought a painting for $3 at his local Goodwill store his daughter thought the painting looked quite unique and suggested they get it appraised the appraiser said it was probably worth around twenty to thirty thousand dollars so Leroy decided to sell it he was astounded when he ended up receiving a hundred and ninety thousand dollars for the painting which was a piece of Flemish artwork dating back to 1650 we really hope he shared a portion with a goodwill shop he bought it from [Music]

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Length: 9min 56sec (596 seconds)

Published: Tue Dec 19 2017