A Dallas woman turns a $5.99 Goodwill find into $17,500
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During a routine shopping trip at Goodwill in Dallas, a lucky resident stumbled upon a rare woodcut by Gustave Baumann for just $5.99. After some investigative research, she…
You never know what you might find at a Goodwill store. Sometimes, an ordinary purchase can turn out to be worth a small fortune. For one Dallas shopper, a routine stop at a thrift store led to an extraordinary discovery. She paid $5.99 for a woodcut. It turned out to be a 1930 Gustave Baumann print, Bright Angel Trail, which was auctioned at Heritage Auctions for $17,500, including the buyer’s premium, this month.An ordinary trip to GoodwillShe was not looking for art that day. It was a routine stop for the Dallas resident, who was a longtime Goodwill enthusiast. She was out running an ordinary errand and decided to stop by the thrift store.
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