,000 sculpture bought for .99 at Alabama thrift store
A sculpture by Alabama artist Frank Fleming was purchased for $39.99 at a thrift store and is now being auctioned with an opening bid of $2,000. Ph...
A sculpture by Alabama artist Frank Fleming was purchased for $39.99 at a thrift store and is now being auctioned with an opening bid of $2,000. Photo courtesy of the Birmingham Zoo Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Oct. 2 (UPI) -- A shopper at a Goodwill thrift store in Alabama bought a flower sculpture for $39.99 that is now being put up for auction with a starting price of $2,000. Shannon Manthey said she was at the thrift store on Green Springs Highway in Birmingham when she spotted the sculpture of a magnolia flower and branch that she immediately recognized as the work of Frank Fleming, the artist who created Birmingham's Storyteller Fountain.