Sad Hunter Biden Wondering Why No One Buying His Paintings Anymore
Posted on 01/31/2025 10:57:53 AM PST by nickcarraway
You never know what you might find at garage sales and lockup auction - as one lucky antiques collector found out.
A painting bought for less than $50 at a garage sale in Minnesota might be a lost work by Dutch post-impressionist Vincent van Gogh.
Measuring 45.7 centimeters by 41.9 centimeters (18 inches by 16.5 inches), the painting, dated 1889, is believed to have been created during the artist’s stay at the Saint-Rémy-de-Provence psychiatric hospital in France just months before he took his own life, aged 37.
Van Gogh’s “lost” fisherman painting
The painting depicts a fisherman wearing a hat and smoking a pipe apparently repairing his net on an empty beach. The artists has titled the work, Elimar, inscribed in the bottom right corner.
Determining the authenticity of the painting has been a long and drawn-out process. LMI Group International, a New York-based data science firm specializing in art authentication, assembled a team of 20 experts in chemistry, art history and patent law to validate the artwork.
Scientific analysis revealed encouraging signs - the paint pigments and canvas weave were in line with the kind of materials used during the years Van Gogh was active (1881–1890). The bright red pigment PR-50, which was patented in 1883, helps date the work to the 19th century.
LMI explain that Van Gogh regularly painted “translations” of works by other artists and this one appears to be his take on the work of Danish artist Michael Ancher (1849-1927), who painted several studies of fishermen.
“Van Gogh painting” bought for $50 in Minnesota
The canvas was bought by an unsuspecting antiques collector at a Minnesota garage sale in 2016.
The painting still needs to be formally attributed to Van Gogh by the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. If that happens, it’s value will skyrocket with some estimates gauging its value at a figure around the $15 million mark.
However, the Van Gogh museum has already stated that they don’t think it is authentic. The painting’s previous owner took it to the Dutch capital for evaluation in December 2018 when the center decided against attributing it to the tortured artist.
It doesn’t look anything like any other Van Gogh portrait that I’ve seen.
If this turns out to be a genuine Vincent van Gogh then I suspect some lawyers are going to be making a lot of money off of it.
That’s nothing. I bought a six pack of original Hunter Bidens for only two million total. I’m pretty sure I’m on easy street in a few years
As a side note, how is the market for Hunter Biden’s artwork, now that we are past Jan 20?
If the buyer knew the value and the seller didn’t that it would be out and out fraud, yes?
I think I lost possession of a valuable Obama sculpture. I hit the flush handle and it was gone before I could grab it.
I love how the article hypes this painting up then slips in at the very end that ‘oh by the way the definitive authority for authenticating the painting has already decided it’s not real.’
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Sure it does.
Take it to the Pawn Stars; they’ll have it authenticated within a half hour.
“If the buyer knew the value and the seller didn’t that it would be out and out fraud, yes?”
No, the seller sets the price and it is their duty to know what they are offering for sale.
I feel the owner’s pain. I bought this painting at a thrift store.
I’ve got an eye for fine art, and I’m sure it’s a genuine Vincent Van Gogh. But the snobs at the Van Gogh museum won’t even answer my letters.
It sure does.
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I heard some of Hunter’s paintings worth millions were destroyed in the fires. LMAO
I’m no expert, but it doesn’t look like his style at any point in his career. Even given that he sometimes referenced aspects of other artists’ work, something of his own style would show through.
I’ll be surprised if it’s confirmed to be an authentic Van Gogh.
Literally no story here. Someone gets the painting authenticated in 2018. They are told it’s a fake. They sell it at a yard sale. It’s worth 50 bucks. I don’t even think it’s worth 50 bucks. I am not a professional art critic, but I am a van Gogh fan. This does not look like a van Gogh.
The seller had already tried to have it authenticated and was told it wasn’t a Van Gogh.
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