Monday, March 2, 2015

Lucky Finds at Goodwill

"Man buys watch at Goodwill for $6, sells it for $35K". This news headline from Fox5NY features a lucky find story at a Phoenix Goodwill. How exciting to find a treasure like that! We've collected more lucky finds from Goodwill stores around the nation. 
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The full story about the $6 Goodwill watch - a Jaeger-LeCoultre Deep Sea Alarm watch - can be found HERE.

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Football Star Signing Suit Purchased in Green Bay, Wisconsin.  The Goodwill buyer put this suit up for auction and it went for  over $7,000!
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Read the whole story HERE.
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Another football related lucky find: A Vince Lombardi sweater was discovered by vintage clothing treasure hunters. The Knoxville couple's story can be found on WBIR.com
             

Vince Lombardi's sweater purchased at a Goodwill Outlet
Vince Lombardi's sweater purchased at a Goodwill Outlet by a Knoxville couple. (Photo: WBIR)
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Wow! "Painting Bought at Goodwill Sells for $34,500 at Auction" is the headline for this story found HERE.
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Did you know that an old video game could be worth $15K? Check out this story about a NES cartridge found at a Goodwill by a woman from Charlotte, NC. "A woman paid $7.99 for an old NES cartridge at a Goodwill store..."
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Finding History - "Only known tape of Martin Luther King Jr. Arizona speech found at Goodwill." Mary Scanlon had no idea a $3 purchase from a Goodwill store in Phoenix would turn out to be a rare link to the civil rights movement's most revered leader. Read the rest of her story on Foxnews.com
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$3 Painting from Goodwill turns out to be a Flemish painting from the 1600's and sold at an auction for $190,000. Watch this Youtube video for the whole story. 

  
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Do you have a LUCKY FIND from Goodwill? It may not be worth thousands of dollars, but is special to you. Like a recent customer who found a mink coat that reminded her of her mother's coat. She told us she wore her vintage find with pride while shopping on a frigid day with her friends in Chicago.

Share your lucky find with us on our Facebook and enter our Facebook Contest. We are giving away a $50 Goodwill Gift Card! This Facebook contest starts now until St. Patrick's Day, March 17 2015, and we will pick a winner by random drawing on March 18th, 2015.
Good Luck and Happy Treasure Hunting! 
                     

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