{"id":2397406,"date":"2025-01-31T09:12:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T14:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/15-million-garage-sale-jackpot-womans-50-buy-believed-to-be-long-lost-treasure\/"},"modified":"2025-01-31T09:14:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T14:14:14","slug":"15-million-garage-sale-jackpot-womans-50-buy-believed-to-be-long-lost-treasure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/15-million-garage-sale-jackpot-womans-50-buy-believed-to-be-long-lost-treasure\/","title":{"rendered":"$15 Million Garage Sale Jackpot: Woman&#8217;s $50 Buy Believed to Be Long Lost Treasure"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F15-million-garage-sale-jackpot-womans-50-buy-believed-to-be-long-lost-treasure%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2397406&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/text-reveal-how-cnns-jeff-zucker-and-his-associates-manipulated-the-news\/\" title=\"Text Reveal How CNN\u2019s Jeff Zucker and His Associates Manipulated the News\">garage sale<\/a> in Minnesota \u2064led to a potential art \u200bdiscovery when a collector purchased an oil painting for $50, which experts are now suggesting could be\u200b an original work by Vincent van Gogh. The painting, titled &#8220;Elimar,&#8221; depicts\u2062 an elderly fisherman smoking a pipe and is thought to \u200dhave been created by van Gogh in 1889 while he was at a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">psychiatric sanitarium<\/a> in\u2063 France. If authenticated,it may be valued at up to $15 million. The painting \u200bhas undergone an analysis by art specialists over four years, concluding its authenticity. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ivermectins-mechanism-of-action-against-sars-cov-2-described\/\" title=\"Ivermectin\u2019s Mechanism of Action Against SARS-CoV-2 Described\">final validation<\/a> from the van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam \u200cis still required. The report\u200b emphasizes the painting&#8217;s meaning, especially in relation to van \u200dgogh&#8217;s artistic themes of redemption.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>One <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-covid-case-surges-more-fake-news\/\" title=\"Are COVID Case Surges More Fake News?\">man&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s trash is another man&rsquo;s millions?<\/p>\n<p>Maybe so.<\/p>\n<p>At least for the collector who purchased a $50 oil painting at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/minnesota-national-guard-releases-statement-tim-walzs-stolen-valor-scandal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnesota<\/a> garage sale.<\/p>\n<p>Now, experts are saying it may be an original Vincent van Gogh.<\/p>\n<p>If it&rsquo;s the real deal, it could be worth $15 million, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/art-news\/news\/van-gogh-elimar-minnesota-garage-sale-1234731116\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to ARTnews<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The painting, titled &ldquo;Elimar,&rdquo; is a portrait of an old fisherman smoking a pipe.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A team of specialists is trying to prove that a canvas bought for less than $50 was painted by Vincent van Gogh&mdash;and is worth $15 million. &#128279;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dkX1P6uwCV\">https:\/\/t.co\/dkX1P6uwCV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mqS6qHKuTE\">pic.twitter.com\/mqS6qHKuTE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WSJ\/status\/1884373188886323638?\">January 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Van Gogh would have painted it in 1889, when he was a self check-in at the Saint-Paul psychiatric sanitarium, where he stayed for just about a year starting that May.<\/p>\n<p>The facility, in Saint-R&eacute;my-de-Provence, France, was where van Gogh would paint several masterpieces, including &ldquo;The Starry Night,&rdquo; &ldquo;Almond Blossom,&rdquo; and &ldquo;Irises.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, the collector sold the oil painting for an undisclosed sum to LMI Group International, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/just-stop-oil-activists-hit-hard-found-guilty-throwing-soup-priceless-painting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art<\/a> research firm, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/smart-news\/someone-bought-this-painting-at-a-garage-sale-for-50-experts-say-its-a-lost-van-gogh-worth-15-million-180985942\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smithsonian Magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of four years, experts collaborated on the painting to determine its authenticity, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/01\/30\/style\/garage-sale-van-gogh-elimar-scli-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The analysis conducted on this distinctive painting provides fresh insight into the oeuvre of van Gogh, particularly as it relates to his practice of reinterpreting works by other artists,&rdquo; Maxwell Anderson, Chief Operating Officer of LMI Group, said with respect to the piece, per Artnews.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This moving likeness embodies van Gogh&rsquo;s recurring theme of redemption, a concept frequently discussed in his letters and art. Through Elimar, van Gogh creates a form of spiritual self-portrait, allowing viewers to seethe painter as he wished to be remembered.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The firm has since released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lmigroupintl.com\/pdf\/elimar-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> &mdash; hundred of pages long &mdash; concluding the painting to be authentic.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The discovery of a previously unknown van Gogh painting should come as no surprise,&rdquo; the report read, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnn-panelist-freaks-scott-jennings-tells-lawyer-nazi-rant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is well-known that van Gogh lost many works, gave away works to friends and was not particularly careful about any work he considered a study, of which there were many.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But there&rsquo;s one more hurdle in determining the painting&rsquo;s authenticity.<\/p>\n<p>The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/us-gives-full-support-approval-f-16-fighter-jets-ukraine-denmark-netherlands\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Netherlands<\/a>, must approve the work as genuine, according to ARTnews.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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This seems true for a collector who bought a $50 oil painting at a garage sale in Minnesota, which experts now believe might be an original Vincent van Gogh. If verified, its value could reach $15 million, as reported by ARTnews. The artwork, named &#8220;Elimar,&#8221; depicts an elderly fisherman smoking a pipe. A team of specialists is working to confirm that this canvas purchased for under $50 was created by van Gogh and holds significant worth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2397407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Art.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[49569,49571,45772,49570],"class_list":["post-2397406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-garage-sale","tag-lucky-purchase","tag-treasure-hunt","tag-vintage-finds"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Art.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2397406"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2397410,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2397406\/revisions\/2397410"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2397407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2397406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2397406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2397406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}