US man buys ‘pristine’ plate for ₹415, later finds out it’s worth ₹3.8 lakh: ‘When everybody walked away’
A remarkable thrift store find in the US turned into a lucrative discovery for an Illinois man, John Carcerano, a carpet cleaner, who bought a plate for just $4.99 (about ₹415), only to later learn it was a rare 18th-century Chinese artefact valued at over ₹3.66 lakh, reported the New York Post. Carcerano was browsing through items at a Goodwill store when he spotted the plate, which was initially hidden under a modern one. Using Google Lens, he quickly identified the item and realized its potential value. A similar plate had recently been sold for $4,400 (around ₹3.66 lakh), prompting…