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I love this stuff! ... as compelling as a good murder mystery!
Picture this ...
Long-forgotten old painting languishing in the attic of an estate goes to auction with an opening bid estimate of $10,000 to $15,000.
Word gets out.
Tongues wag.
Collectors do research.
A call-in bid from an anonymous European private collector sets the final price, "$1,400,000 US.
$1.4 mil was chump change if it it really painted by the master himself.
So, was it?
Did this collector buy a winning lottery ticket?
Therein lies the rub, the mystery, the intrigue, and the beginning of the real story.


Picture this ...
Long-forgotten old painting languishing in the attic of an estate goes to auction with an opening bid estimate of $10,000 to $15,000.
Word gets out.
Tongues wag.
Collectors do research.
A call-in bid from an anonymous European private collector sets the final price, "$1,400,000 US.
$1.4 mil was chump change if it it really painted by the master himself.
So, was it?
Did this collector buy a winning lottery ticket?
Therein lies the rub, the mystery, the intrigue, and the beginning of the real story.
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