It turns out that discovering treasures in second-hand shops is not a “widow’s dream.”Niganfu NatsuIn 2017, a woman in Manchester purchased a framed painting worth $4 from a local Savers thrift store full of junk. The painting was later discovered to be an authentic oil painting by Newell Converse Wyeth, one of the most outstanding American painters of the 20th century. Confirmed to occur; A demonstration on the 19thauctionAt the meeting, the painting ultimately sold for NT$191,000.
Auction house Bonhams Skinner said the 25-inch-tall, 17-inch-wide oil painting was created by the publisher Little, Brown & Co. in the late 1930s when Wyeth was invited to paint a portrait of the writer Helen. One of four illustrations from Helen Hunt Jackson’s 1939 novel “Ramon”; The second-hand-store illustration, also known as “Ramona”, depicts the tension between a young woman and her adoptive mother. Wyeth was known for his vivid color reproductions of classic stories such as “Treasure Island,” “Robin Hood” and “Robinson Crusoe,” and this painting also makes use of color, light and shadow.
new York TimesThe woman who “discovered the treasure” was interviewed. The woman requested anonymity and recalled the entire incident. She said she saw the painting in Sèvres in 2017 and put it in her shopping cart to take home. He once hung the painting in his bedroom and later threw it in a closet. In May this year, she noticed a signature mark on the back of the painting and decided to post it on Facebook to ask if it was valuable.
After art collector Lauren Lewis saw the post, she reached out to help. The buyer and his wife wrapped the painting in a blanket and went to the bus station to meet Lewis. Holding a magnifying glass, Lewis enthusiastically confirmed that it was an authentic Wyeth painting, and said with surprise: “It all happened by accident and it was so lovely.”
Speaking about “not seeing the mountain”, Savers manager Shawn Edson said, “We are not connoisseurs of paintings and can only do our best to evaluate and appropriately evaluate all donations.” But he added: “2017 I was not at the company I was in 2016; we clearly missed an opportunity.
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