Dessert News
Laura Young was shopping at a Goodwill in Austin, Texas, in 2018, when she found a sculpture of a human head on sale for $34.99. She purchased the sculpture and it sat in her home until she contacted a London auction house that identified the piece as a lost, ancient Roman bust, according to NBC News. More
I admit, I’ve found some great bargains (to me) at various thrift shops. But nothing THAT great! Lucky woman.
So, Nancy Pelosi got “lost”? And decided to take “a nap”?
(To paraphrase Rick James, “Ethanol’s a helluva drug”.)
I love thrift store, I have made $$$$$ buying and reselling. People who work in those places haven’t a clue as to what stuff is worth, and 1/2 the time they don’t even know what it is. I spent this past weekend going to estate sales. The children don’t care about the stuff, and it’s easy to take advantage of ignorance. I once told the children having an estate sale that their prices were too cheap, they said “what’s left is going into the dumpster.” Last time I ever said anything to help their cause. I therefore spent a lot of money there and resold it all for a big profit. It’s the thrill of the find.
I knew a woman the lost an ancient bust, turned out she had tucked them into her pants.
Another treasure finder here. Congratulations to this finder. I am happy the bust is returning home.
My treasures are usually pottery, American Arts and Crafts, Art Deco. I made a killing on dozens of pieces because dodo’s think a piece of pottery is nothing if it isn’t marked. Buy for $35 and sell for $900. My gain although there are pieces it is very hard to part with. There’s a lovely old hand carved Black Forest man in the moon nutcracker sitting in the cabinet now i can’t quite let go. $7.99 at Starvation Army. A framed ‘Yard of Cats’ for $4.99 at VOA, and so on. More lovely Rookwood pottery from a defunct resale shop.
The things I keep – massive button collection, vintage linens from the 1890’s through the 1960’s – many not yet worked so I complete them in the old flosses. Needlework keeps me from murdering people.