Signed Dali at Goodwill: 'It just showed up in our donation stream'
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. - If you're in the market for some high-end art, maybe you should look at your local Goodwill.
Tacoma Goodwill Industries is auctioning an original, hand-signed etching by Salvador Dali (yes, that Salvador Dali) that happened to appear at the charity chain's Federal Way store.
"It just showed up in our donation stream," Goodwill online sales manager Dylan Lippert said.
The print, titled "Reflection" or "Reflections", had a signature on the front and a certificate of authenticity attached to the back, so it was shown to the store's manager. It was passed along to online sales, where further investigation revealed it was from from the surrealist artist's "The Cycles of Life Suite".
The Dali etching is not the only high-value item that's come through in the last few years. Last year a $6,000 print by photographer E.S. Curtis came in, and the year before that a $12,000 diamond ring was donated.
"You know, it's always a treasure hunt," Lippert said.
"Reflection" was put up for auction earlier this week with a starting bid of $999.99, based on the starting prices of other prints in the series. It currently has no bids -- so if you've got a grand to spare, this is your moment.
"The paper has some warping, as if from humidity. The upper right area of matting has some discolored speckling. The other damage is to the frame and glass - a few deep scratches and scuffs," the print's online description reads.
The auction ends November 19 at 7:30 p.m. The bid as of Monday morning was $999.99.
What a scam... Recieve goods for free, skim the good stuff off the top to sell at ghastly high prices on the internet, then charge retail or more for the rest...
@2easy2berightback You haven't been to a Goodwill before have you?!? Their prices are far from retail!
 @ntk0716  @2easy2berightback Goodwill prices are better than St. Vinnie's WAY better. and yes if they find something like this....they will sell it for top dollar. Don't know any business that would not. They inspect everything donated so of course the valuable things are taken advantage of...just like they have to deal with broken junk to be hauled off I am sure they deal with more junk to haul off to the dump than a valuable item. The equation of valuables to broken junk is probably not even. I wish I would have found this and they did not know what they had....that is what I wish. Otherwise selling a valuable helps them keep the pricing at a affordable price that MANY people depend on to cloth their children, keep them warm with blankets that are affordable. Older people on fixed incomes depend on the affordable prices to survive when in need.
Good he left it at good will, I would have pitched it in the trash not knowing the value.