Once part of Akbar’s library, this rare Qur’an manuscript sold for £863,600 in London. (Photo: sothebys)…
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In 1966, a New York art teacher paid under $100 for a thrift-store painting and kept it for nearly 60 years; after her son investigated its faded signature, experts identified it as an F.C.B. Cadell work that sold for £189,200
A painting bought for less than $100 at a thrift store in White Plains, New York,…
In 2023, a Los Angeles man paid $50 for an old leather chair on Facebook Marketplace; months later, experts identified the rare 1930s design, and it sold for $107,950
Pic credit: Sotheby’s, Instagram Justin Miller, a home design content creator from Los Angeles, spent half…
A French family found an 18th-century Chinese vase forgotten in an attic and carried it to Sotheby’s in a shoebox; after experts linked it to the Qianlong court, it sold for €16.18 million
The vase sold at 23 times of the estimated price An 18th-century Chinese porcelain vase that…
In 2003, a New York woman pulled a painting from trash on Manhattan’s Upper West Side; four years later she learned it was a stolen Rufino Tamayo work, and Sotheby’s sold it for $1,049,000
“Tres Personajes” by Mexican artist Rufi In 2003, Elizabeth Gibson was taking a morning walk on…
A Sydney shopper bought a carved cup for A$4 at a thrift shop; experts identified it as a centuries-old Chinese rhinoceros-horn cup, and was auctioned for A$75,640 in 2013
They say one man’s trash can be another man’s treasure. And that’s exactly what happened at…
Beth Feeback paid $9.99 for a North Carolina thrift-store painting she wanted to cover with cats; it proved to be an Ilya Bolotowsky work and sold at Sotheby’s for $34,375, including fees
A North Carolina artist once walked into a Goodwill store looking for inexpensive material for her…
An English artist paid £2,090 for a painting listed only as ‘in the style of’ Helen McNicoll; experts later proved it was her long-lost Bean Harvest, valued at £300,000 and sold for £174,000
Helen Galloway McNicoll, The Bean Harvest, estimated £150,000-250,000. Sold for £174,000 An English artist and part-time…
A Pennsylvania flea-market buyer paid $4 for a framed painting; hidden behind it was a rare 1776 Declaration of Independence copy worth $8.14 million | World News
Dunlap Broadside [Declaration of Independence]. This is the first printed version of the Declaration of Independence.…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s leather jacket that Mark Zuckerberg once joked about sells for nearly $1 million
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s signature black leather jacket has sold for $960,000 at a Sotheby’s auction,…