He bought a decade old outfit for a mere amount of $20 when suddenly it proved to be a profit for him.
The dress was worn by Vivien Leigh in “Gone with the wind” and was on verge of being tossed out.
“I saw this dress on the floor and a docent told me not to bother to pick it up, because they were throwing it away,” said James Tumblin who used to work at Universal Studios.
Tumblin bought the dress for $20 and the price snowballed beyond his imagination, leaving him with a gain of $137,000.
The outfit was sold at an auction in Beverly Hills, California on Saturday.
Though the dress had suffered a little with ages, but that did not deter the winning bidder on Saturday
