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5%
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("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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A Queensland woman who snapped up an antique gold bracelet worth up to $3,500 for just $1 at an op shop believes the remarkable find was a gift from her late mother.
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find → snap → mother
Leila Rae was browsing a Vinnies store on Bribie Island, in Queensland's Moreton Bay region, when she came across the bracelet.
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she → browse → bracelet
She bought it for just $1, unaware that the Edwardian-era piece was made from solid 18-carat gold.
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piece → buy → gold
Ms Rae later discovered the bracelet was worth between $2,500 and $3,500.
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bracelet → discover → ?
Despite her extraordinary bargain, she contacted the store to make sure the valuable piece had not been donated by mistake.
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piece → contact → mistake
Staff took her contact details in case anyone came forward to claim it, while local police were also notified.
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police → take → it
'I paid $1 and realised later that the fob is actually real and 18k solid gold from the Edwardian era - yes I called the shop to tell them and they said, "It’s your lucky day, it’s yours,"' Ms Rae said on social media.
But despite the bracelet's value, Ms Rae said she had no intention of selling it, believing the discovery held a special connection to her late mother.
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discovery → pay → mother
Leila Rae scored a bargain at her op shop after buying an 18 karat solid gold bracelet for just $1
She later got the gold bracelet assessed and it was valued between $2,500 and $3,500
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it → score → 2,500
The woman stumbled upon the incredible find at the Vinnies store on Bribie Island
Her mother had owned a similar bracelet before it was stolen from her nursing home, making the unexpected find particularly meaningful.
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find → stumble → home
'I won’t be selling as my mum had one similar stolen from her nursing home and I feel this was her way of bringing it back to me from the other side,' Ms Rae, who works as a psychic medium, said.
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who → sell → medium
'We used to op shop all the time together.
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We → use → shop
So I always miss her when I’m there.'
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I → miss → her
Ms Rae only discovered the bracelet was genuine after jumping into a chlorinated pool and noticing markings that confirmed the purity of the gold.
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that → discover → gold
'The chlorine cleaned it and I saw the markings,' she said in response to a fellow op-shopper's comment.
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she → clean → comment
Some are almost rubbed off due to age.
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Some → rub → age
They had to use a microscope it also has a symbol of a circle which for that era meant “pure”.
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which → have → pure
Other keen op-shoppers congratulated Ms Rae on the find and told her to wear it with pride in honour of her mum.
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shoppers → congratulate → mum
'Well done! Thank you Op Shop Gods… maybe they helped bring it to you from your mumma,' one said.
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one → do → mumma
Another said: 'The fact you have a sentimental connection with one shows it was meant for you!'
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it → say → you
The Daily Mail has contacted Ms Rae and Vinnies for comment.
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Mail → contact → comment
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