MILWAUKEE (AP) — "Red Nose" just meant a
reindeer named Rudolph to Karen Mallet until she bought a print by
that name for $12.34 at a Goodwill store in Milwaukee. It turned out
to be a lithograph by American artist Alexander Calder worth $9,000.
Mallet's good fortune is at least the
fourth time in six months that valuable art has turned up at Goodwill, where
bargain-hunters search for hidden treasure among the coffee cups, jewelry, lamps
and other household cast-offs.Last month, a Salvador Dali sketch found at a Goodwill shop in Tacoma, Wash., sold for $21,000. Last summer, a North Carolina woman pocketed more than $27,000 for a painting she bought for $9.99 at Goodwill. And last spring, a dusty jug donated in Buffalo, N.Y., was discovered to be a thousands-of-years-old American Indian artifact — it was returned to its tribe instead of being offered for sale.
Imagine the shock she felt when she found out the real price!
ReplyDeleteIn a way, its pretty cool for people who are not as fortunate and have no choice but to shop at Goodwill are able to have a valuable piece of art work in their possesion. It could also later be a blessing if those people end up selling it.
ReplyDeleteWhat I wonder is how would they even know it was money, like who told them it was famous/worth money after they bought it?
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