Matthew: Sorry for the vase. Violet: Oh don't be. It' was a wedding present from a dreadful, dreadful aunt. I've hated it a half a century.

Think about it. From this moment on, we’ll be even. Bertram: What a lovely vase.

A person bought a glass vase for $3.99 at a Goodwill in Richmond, Va., and then learned it was crafted by a famous Italian glass designer Carlo Scarpa. At auction, it went for more than $100,000.

A $4 vase sitting on a Maryland thrift store clearance rack looked interesting to Anna Lee Dozier, so she decided to make the purchase. It took about five years for Dozier to discover that this ...

The Washington, D.C., resident paid about $4 for what she assumed was a reproduction of a Mayan vase. It turned out to be the real deal: an artifact that’s at least 1,200 years old from the ...