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  • A man spent $300 on a painting at a thrift sale. It could be worth millions

    06/07/2019 10:28:25 PM PDT · by ETL · 40 replies
    FoxNews.com ^ | June 7, 2019 | Chris Ciaccia | Fox News
    Philip Stapleton was perusing a thrift sale in the U.K. when he came across a painting he liked so much, he spent nearly $300 on it, even though he assumed it was fake. But after doing some research and talking to experts, the 52-year-old antique collector may have made the purchase of a lifetime – an original work by Pablo Picasso. Stapleton said that he spent $293, even though he believed it to be fake because he "loved the picture," SWNS reports. Acting on a whim, Stapleton took it to Brighton and Hove Auction House, where he received the potentially...