Navajo First Phase Chief's Blanket

Loren Krytzer was living on disability benefits when he bought a blanket at a California thrift store for $5. The blanket turned out to be a Navajo First Phase Chief's Blanket from the mid-1800s, one of the most valuable types of Native American textiles.

It sold at auction for $1.5 million, drastically changing Krytzer's life and highlighting the potential for life-altering thrift store finds.