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She bought a glass vase for £1 at Scottish car-boot sale, used it as a plant pot; it sold for £32,450
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. Times of India World is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to London. The first report grouped here was at 18 Oct 2026, 09:28 UTC. The headline in use is “She bought a glass vase for £1 at Scottish car-boot sale, used it as a plant pot; it sold for £32,450”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
In 2008, a woman bought a glass vase for just £1 at a car-boot sale in Dumfries, Scotland, and used it as a plant pot. She later discovered it was a rare 1929 creation by French designer René Lalique.
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