Renoir painting found at US flea market

the same thing. "west Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads"

THAT should have been a sign


--just kidding.

Great story.

to some stolen paintings? Ending up in a flea market? wow....

... because the history has got to be sad.

Maybe there's an older person who knows what a painting is who suffers dementia or dies suddenly and nobody else knows what they've got. Or maybe there's a nasty family breakup and stuff gets put into a storage locker which is then auctioned off, etc...

My own parents knew their parents had some important family heirlooms (no Renoirs, mostly just things like family photos) but it took years for them to sort everything out. One of my grandmas became a reclusive hoarder and her stuff was especially difficult. She kept many things in styrofoam fast food boxes. Some of these boxes had money, jewelry and keepsakes in them, others had half-eaten mummified lunches or junk mail. Every styrofoam box, and there were hundreds, had to be sorted through...

I love yard sales and flea markets, but I have yet to find something so valuable.

When she pulled a Renoir out of a garbage bag.

I didn't read the link but my guess is it was stolen long upon ago?

In which case she should be compensated (very well) but it should be returned.

om edit.

OK I read the link. So probably not stolen, Just lost in a sense There's no way an original Renoir is worth only $75K though. I'd say ten times that....easily.