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]]> By: Angel http://listverse.com/2007/06/30/8-expensive-art-works-found-accidentally/#comment-188773 Angel Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:26:06 +0000 http://listverse.com/art/8-expensive-art-works-found-accidentally/#comment-188773 lesson learned from this article: always open up used frames to see what (if anything) is behind the photo/painting. i know someone will someday get a big surprise when they open up a marilyn monroe photo and find the horrifically terrible characture drawing of my sister behind it. lesson learned from this article: always open up used frames to see what (if anything) is behind the photo/painting.

i know someone will someday get a big surprise when they open up a marilyn monroe photo and find the horrifically terrible characture drawing of my sister behind it.

]]> By: gabi319 http://listverse.com/2007/06/30/8-expensive-art-works-found-accidentally/#comment-178930 gabi319 Sat, 30 May 2009 19:59:36 +0000 http://listverse.com/art/8-expensive-art-works-found-accidentally/#comment-178930 Anyone else heard of Teri Horton and the $5 Pollack? She found a gag gift at the thrift store, paid $5 and someone suggested that it looks similar to Jackson Pollack's paintings. I guess it's not on here because there's still some controversies around its authenticity (only two people are certain it is a Pollock - one of which has a reputation for selling counterfeit art, the other says they found a Pollack's thumbprint...even though there are none on file and the partial from the paintcan could belong to anyone. Why would there be a fingerprint when he painted on the floor anyway?). Anyone know anything new about it? I tried to see if it was actually sold, but haven't found anything new about it. Anyone else heard of Teri Horton and the $5 Pollack? She found a gag gift at the thrift store, paid $5 and someone suggested that it looks similar to Jackson Pollack’s paintings. I guess it’s not on here because there’s still some controversies around its authenticity (only two people are certain it is a Pollock – one of which has a reputation for selling counterfeit art, the other says they found a Pollack’s thumbprint…even though there are none on file and the partial from the paintcan could belong to anyone. Why would there be a fingerprint when he painted on the floor anyway?). Anyone know anything new about it? I tried to see if it was actually sold, but haven’t found anything new about it.

]]> By: mattricks http://listverse.com/2007/06/30/8-expensive-art-works-found-accidentally/#comment-157226 mattricks Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:23:23 +0000 http://listverse.com/art/8-expensive-art-works-found-accidentally/#comment-157226 Yet another list that's sucked time from my meagre existance! I read the list which had the disappearnce of the Irish Crown Jewels and can't help but wonder when they'll turn up in someone's attic! Yet another list that’s sucked time from my meagre existance!

I read the list which had the disappearnce of the Irish Crown Jewels and can’t help but wonder when they’ll turn up in someone’s attic!

]]> By: ^night_viper^ http://listverse.com/2007/06/30/8-expensive-art-works-found-accidentally/#comment-153662 ^night_viper^ Sun, 22 Mar 2009 10:53:04 +0000 http://listverse.com/art/8-expensive-art-works-found-accidentally/#comment-153662 amazing list :) amazing list :)

]]> By: Copaface http://listverse.com/2007/06/30/8-expensive-art-works-found-accidentally/#comment-145096 Copaface Thu, 26 Feb 2009 08:53:24 +0000 http://listverse.com/art/8-expensive-art-works-found-accidentally/#comment-145096 Lucky bastards haha Lucky bastards haha

]]> By: Limewireissour http://listverse.com/2007/06/30/8-expensive-art-works-found-accidentally/#comment-144633 Limewireissour Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:04:18 +0000 http://listverse.com/art/8-expensive-art-works-found-accidentally/#comment-144633 hey that jfrater guy is on the list of best comments! thats funny. and these art things are bizarre. if i found a Van Gogh in my house i would be ecstatic! hey that jfrater guy is on the list of best comments! thats funny. and these art things are bizarre. if i found a Van Gogh in my house i would be ecstatic!

]]> By: guy http://listverse.com/2007/06/30/8-expensive-art-works-found-accidentally/#comment-137564 guy Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:52:54 +0000 http://listverse.com/art/8-expensive-art-works-found-accidentally/#comment-137564 awesome list. you are forgetting the terra cotta army that was found by a peasant digging a well. the commies took everything and didnt give the guy anything. awesome list. you are forgetting the terra cotta army that was found by a peasant digging a well. the commies took everything and didnt give the guy anything.

]]> By: Ozhan http://listverse.com/2007/06/30/8-expensive-art-works-found-accidentally/#comment-125004 Ozhan Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:28:05 +0000 http://listverse.com/art/8-expensive-art-works-found-accidentally/#comment-125004 The Spoonmaker's Diamond (Turkish: Kaşıkçı Elması) is the pride of the Topkapi Palace Museum and its most valuable single exhibit, it is an 86 carat (17 g) pear-shaped diamond. Various stories are told about the Spoonmarker's Diamond. According to one tale, a poor fisherman in Istanbul near Yenikapi was wandering idly, empty-handed along the shore when he found a shiny stone among the litter, which he turned over and over not knowing what it was... And then, he sold it to a jeweler for exchange of three spoons. source: wiki The Spoonmaker’s Diamond (Turkish: Kaşıkçı Elması) is the pride of the Topkapi Palace Museum and its most valuable single exhibit, it is an 86 carat (17 g) pear-shaped diamond.

Various stories are told about the Spoonmarker’s Diamond. According to one tale, a poor fisherman in Istanbul near Yenikapi was wandering idly, empty-handed along the shore when he found a shiny stone among the litter, which he turned over and over not knowing what it was… And then, he sold it to a jeweler for exchange of three spoons.

source: wiki

]]> By: Paro http://listverse.com/2007/06/30/8-expensive-art-works-found-accidentally/#comment-123654 Paro Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:50:44 +0000 http://listverse.com/art/8-expensive-art-works-found-accidentally/#comment-123654 My mum found an original LOVE painting (60's pop art) in a charity shop, she decided it was probably a worthless copy and instead purchased a large 18th century french painting which looked very genuine. Turned out it was a very good copy somebody had made and the LOVE was the original - it sold at Christie's for 5 grand and her beloved french painting was 150 quid. She beats herself up to this day and now buys all crap from that charity shop My mum found an original LOVE painting (60’s pop art) in a charity shop, she decided it was probably a worthless copy and instead purchased a large 18th century french painting which looked very genuine. Turned out it was a very good copy somebody had made and the LOVE was the original – it sold at Christie’s for 5 grand and her beloved french painting was 150 quid. She beats herself up to this day and now buys all crap from that charity shop

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