Showing posts with label Goodwill lucky find. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Goodwill lucky find. Show all posts

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!