Just discovered a painting I have may be worth a small fortune! [View all]
Some thirty odd years ago, my mom was involved in doing art auctions to raise money for a local hospital. After one show, she was stuck with several paintings and prints that went unsold. One intrigued me and I bought it and hung on to it over the years. My wife never really liked it and so it sat in our basement for years. Well, we had some major flooding over the weekend, so I dragged it out. It got a little wet but no real damage. It's a large painting on masonite. My wife said maybe we should just put it out on the patio and leave it to the elements. So I did a little research.
The painting is by F.N. Souza. Tons of info on Wikipedia and other sources. One of his paintings is in the Tate and they've been sold by Southeby's and Christies. It's a dark painting of a bunch of churches. It looks like Prague to me. Well, it turns out his work goes from anywhere from $13,000 up to $200,000! I'm not making this up! A friend suggested I take it to a local gallery and have it cleaned. Then approach a NY house and see how much it's worth.
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