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Wisconsin shopper paid $29 for painting; it later sold for $882,500
Times of India
October 6, 2026
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Explore Today's NewsIn 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,
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