India · English
Wisconsin shopper paid $29 for painting; it later sold for $882,500
In a remarkable turn of events, a man from Wisconsin stumbled upon a magnolia painting for just $29 at a rummage sale in the 1990s. A decade later, the artwork was authenticated as the work of esteemed American artist Martin Johnson Heade. Auctioned at Christie’s, it fetched an astonishing $882,500, shattering initial estimates of $300,000 to $500,000.
Read the full report at Times of India Top →
About this page
AKHBAARI groups the same story across publishers so you can see who is reporting it and how they differ. The summary above is machine-generated from the publisher's own feed text and is labelled as such. The full report stays with the publisher, who holds copyright in it. See our editorial policy.