Posted on Sep 2, 2023
Rare painting bought for $4 at a thrift store may fetch a quarter million at auction
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Browsing a New Hampshire thrift shop for old frames to restore, a local woman, who has chosen to remain anonymous to the press, bought a white frame with an old painting inside for $4. She had no idea that the painting was actually a rare work by renowned American artist N.C. Wyeth.
"It's everybody's dream," says Maine conservator Lauren Lewis, who helped determine the painting was an original Wyeth.
Who was N.C. Wyeth?
Newell Convers Wyeth was one of the "preeminent illustrators in the early 20th century," says Lewis. Among his best known book illustrations are the vibrant, swashbuckling images he made for Robert Louis Stevenson's 1911 novel Treasure Island.
Browsing a New Hampshire thrift shop for old frames to restore, a local woman, who has chosen to remain anonymous to the press, bought a white frame with an old painting inside for $4. She had no idea that the painting was actually a rare work by renowned American artist N.C. Wyeth.
"It's everybody's dream," says Maine conservator Lauren Lewis, who helped determine the painting was an original Wyeth.
Who was N.C. Wyeth?
Newell Convers Wyeth was one of the "preeminent illustrators in the early 20th century," says Lewis. Among his best known book illustrations are the vibrant, swashbuckling images he made for Robert Louis Stevenson's 1911 novel Treasure Island.
Rare painting bought for $4 at a thrift store may fetch a quarter million at auction
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