A Tale of Two Veras

So because I do not have enough things to obsess about while thrifting I have decided to look for Vera Neumann scarves and linens. (I owe this new obsession to Scott at Ars Longa who has a beautiful collection and lots of information).
Today was the day I started looking, and I found one at my first stop.
The pattern caught my eye as I was pouring through the hanging scarves and then the signature. I searched for more, because where there is one there are usually others. Later I found out there had been more but they were snapped up quickly.
There was no price tag on this one and most of the other scarves were $1-$3.
I told the woman at the checkout that this scarf did'nt have a price. She looked it over very closely and said knowingly "Oh this is Vera. You know we had some over there from Paris and other places of Vera's earlier this week." I said "Oh yes? I notice this one was made in Japan," and she says, "Well you know the story of Vera Wang don't ya? We get a lot of Vera Wang scarves here, people love them. I bought two myself."

I paid her the $5 she asked for it and said nothing except "Have a great day! See you next week."