Painting found in trash could fetch up to $1 mln

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Painting found in trash could fetch up to $1 mln

29 October 2007 25 views One Comment

Are you still trying to make money online ? Maybe you should quit and try something else, like for example putting more attention on the garbage..

Ok I’m just kidding but I though of this as soon as I read an article on Reuters Oddly Enough about Elizabeth Gibson who found and saved a painting from the trash.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The treasure that a New York City woman saved from the trash — a stolen masterpiece by Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo — is expected to go for as much as $1 million at auction next month.

Elizabeth Gibson will get a $15,000 reward for returning “Tres Personajes” (”Three People”) to its rightful owners, as well as an undisclosed percentage of the auction price.

Nearly four years ago Gibson was on her way to coffee when she spotted the painting among garbage bags set out for morning collection in her Upper West Side neighborhood. Read the full article..

I know that things like that happen only once in a lifetime but who knows?

Tres Personajes - The stolen masterpiece by Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo