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Someone Bought This Painting at a Garage Sale for $50. Experts Say It’s a Lost van Gogh Worth $15 Million
The portrait of a fisherman was found in Minnesota by an anonymous collector. A new analysis has concluded that it could be ...
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Vincent van Gogh's Brilliant Blue 'Irises' Were Originally Purple, New Research Reveals
O n May 9, 1889, the day after Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh moved into a psychiatric hospital, he began a painting of some flowers in the institution’s garden. The resulting Irises is now owned ...
Antiques Collector Bought a Painting for $50 at a Garage Sale. It Could Be a Van Gogh Masterpiece Worth $15M
A painting bought for $50 at a garage sale could be a Vincent van Gogh work worth $15 million, according to experts.
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Van Gogh’s “Irises” Were Never Supposed to Be Blue
A new exhibition chronicles how a paintings conservator and chemist solved a color mystery in one of the painter’s most beloved works. Vincent van Gogh's “Irises” (1889) was painted during ...
Antiques expert stunned as £40 painting turns out to be £12m Van Gogh masterpiece
Antiques experts believe they have verified a long-lost Vincent Van Gogh masterpiece which was originally purchased for around £40 at a garage sale in the US.
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Editorial: The Getty Museum survived the LA fires practically unscathed. There’s a lesson there for all homeowners.
The J. Paul Getty Museum houses Vincent van Gogh’s “Irises” and many other priceless masterpieces in buildings that were ...