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Woman Finds $250,000 Rolex in Thrift-Store Couch

It was a vintage Rolex Daytona 6241 ‘Paul Newman.’

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3 years ago

October 3, 2019

INSTORE Staff

A $25 thrift-store couch turned out to be highly profitable for one Canadian woman.

Woman Finds $250,000 Rolex in Thrift-Store Couch

A Rolex similar to this one was found in a thrift-store couch. Photo: Christie’s

Four years after purchasing the sofa, she accidentally dropped her phone between the cushions, according to Paul Altieri, CEO of Bob’s Watches, writing for the Robb Report. When she went to grab it, she ended up finding the watch.

The timepiece was, in fact, a vintage Rolex Daytona 6241 “Paul Newman” worth $250,000.

The woman, who prefers to stay anonymous, called the thrift store to see if anyone had reported a missing watch or could identify the couch’s previous owner. No records were available.

Looking to sell the watch, she called Bob’s Watches.

With the proceeds, she planned to “buy a house and get a boob job.”

Altieri says it’s “easily one of the craziest stories I’ve come across.”

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It was time. Teri Allen and her brother, Nick Pavlich, Jr., had been at the helm of Dearborn Jewelers of Plymouth in Plymouth, Mich., for decades. Their father, Nick Pavlich, Sr., had founded the store in 1950, but after so many wonderful years helping families around Michigan celebrate their most important moments, it was time to get some “moments” of their own. Teri says Wilkerson was the logical choice to run their retirement sale. “They’re the only company that specializes in closing jewelry stores,” she says. During the sale, Teri says a highlight was seeing so many generations of customers who wanted to buy “that one last piece of jewelry from us.” Would she recommend Wilkerson? Absolutely. “There is no way that I would have been able to do this by myself.”