I always think of that line in Billy Joel’s “Scenes From An Italian Restaurant”.....
They got an apartment
with deep pile carpet
And a couple of paintings from Sears
(Sears sold paintings?!?!?!)
“(Sears sold paintings?!?!?!)”
Whaddya know? Seems they did, even commissioned Vincent Price to acquire the paintings for them.
“included gallery paintings and other works by Rembrandt, Chagall, Picasso, Whistler and many contemporary artists of the day. It included a watercolor by Andrew Wyeth and a painting by Salvador Dali commissioned by Price.”
https://www.artistsnetwork.com/artist-life/vincent-price-sells-gallery-paintings-sears/