Every thrifter dreams of the day a dusty print in a plain frame turns out to be something special. For one Dallas shopper, that day came with a $5.99 price tag and a payoff of $17,500.
The shopper picked up a signed woodcut at a Goodwill store for $5.99. On Nov. 5, the same print sold at Heritage Auctions for $17,500, including the buyer’s premium. That works out to roughly 2,900 times what the shopper paid.
The story comes from a Heritage Auctions press release dated Nov. 10, 2026, out of Dallas.
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