I picked up a cheap as chips ornament in a charity shop, I was gobsmacked when I found out what it was worth
MEGA FIND I picked up a cheap as chips ornament in a charity shop, I was gobsmacked when I found out what it was worth
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A LUCKY shopper has discovered that his £3 charity shop ornament could be worth over £900.
Kyle Taylor may have snapped up the bargain of the year in the form of a stone mask.
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Kyle Taylor was charity shopping when he stumbled across an unexpected bargain
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He purchased what appeared to be an Italian terracotta mask tea light sconce from the 1960s for just £3
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He was astinished to find a near identical mask being sold for over £900 online
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The 26-year-old legal assistant spotted the ornament in a local hospice shop and originally thought it was a piece for the garden.
After buying it for just £3, Kyle took the item home and did a Google image search to figure out exactly what it was.
And it turned out he had just purchased what appeared to be an Italian terracotta mask tea light sconce from the 1960s.
The handmade vintage item is currently being flogged for as much as £957.97 online.
Online marketplace 1st Dibs even describes the piece as a 'gorgeous piece of art'.
The lucky shopper made the purchase at St Gemma's Hospice in York on 29 July.
'I was shocked - I thought it was probably just something from B&Q or a garden centre,' Kyle, from York, says.
'I was curious to find out which shop it might have come from, and what the metal backing was for.
'I used Google image search to find similar ones and looked at a number of others in the results.
'Some of them varied in price, style and age, but the one on the auction site is nearly identical to the one I have.
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'I already loved it before I knew what it was, but I was reassured by my purchase.
'I always keep an eye out for antiques and furniture when in charity shops.
'Anything quirky or unusual.
'I don't usually go looking for anything in particular.
'I just like to browse, as you never know what you will find in a charity shop.'
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