I bought an old ad for $20 at a yard sale, but discovered it was worth $400 thanks to the icon pictured on the front

A LUCKY garage sale hunter made a tidy profit from a vintage advert he bought for just $20.

Turns out the poster, from 1939, was worth $400 thanks to a famous face.

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Scott appeared on an episode of Pawn Stars when he decided to try and sell his vintage Red Rock Glue Ads.

He had bought the ad, made from tin, at a garage sale, but wanted to get rid of it.

“It was an older lady and she wasn’t sure if it was real, she thought maybe it was a reproduction, but it looks old to me,” Scott said.

He only paid $20 for it.

The ad featured Babe Ruth, one of the most famous baseball players of all time.

The Yankees star has endorsed many products, including the now-defunct brand of cola.

Fortunately for Scott, Babe Ruth memorabilia has a strong market.

And pawn shop owner Rick Harrison was convinced it was a real ad for Red Rock Cola’s 1939 Babe Ruth campaign.

The only downside was that it wasn’t particularly rare.

“A lot of them were done,” Rick said.

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“Imagine how excited Red Rock Cola was when they got Babe Ruth to endorse their product. They’re just not going to do some things, they’re going to do a gazillion of them,” he said.

However, he managed to offer a considerable amount for the advertisement.

“I see rarities worth $400,” he told Scott.

Scott accepted Rick’s offer.

“This guy bought the poster at a yard sale for $20 and ended up doing really well,” the Pawn Stars host said.

Scott isn’t the only one who brought a valuable rarity to Rick’s shop after finding it at a garage sale.

A man brought a medal that he bought for just 75 cents.

Turns out it was a 19th century Russian medal worth $40,000.

Another woman was shocked to learn her grandmother’s spider brooch was worth $15,000.

And see why a suit found hanging in a closet immediately sold for $40,000.