{
  "id": 12710677,
  "title": "Thrift shopper paid $1.50 for purse; Cartier piece later valued at $35,000",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/thrift-shopper-paid-1-50-for-purse-cartier-piece-later-valued-at-35",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-07T20:25:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/in-2018-or-2019-a-thrift-store-shopper-paid-just-1-50-for-a-purse-because-he-thought-it-looked-pretty-in-a-2026-antiques-roadshow-episode-experts-identified-it-as-cartier-art-deco-and-valued-it-at-35000-with-insurance-above-100000/articleshow/134734373.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A thrift-store shopper who paid just $1.50 for a clutch in 2018 or 2019 discovered years later that it was a rare Cartier Art Deco piece. During a 2026 \"Antiques Roadshow\" appraisal, experts identified precious stones, platinum and the Cartier name inside, valuing the purse at about $35,000, with an insurance value above $100,000.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}