A 'Mike' found in Buffalo? (Michelangelo painting)

www.nypost.com ^ | 11:06 AM, October 11, 2010 | By MELISSA KLEIN

[Red Badger]

I looked behind my couch. All I found was a crushed M&M and a remote control battery cover............

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

You should be glad you didn’t find something worse... *shudder* The things that can end up behind couches....

[pabianice]

You’re lucky. I found a headless, mummified mouse, giant tumbleweeds of dog hair, some well-preserved cat vomit, a green Sashquatcahea Dollar, and the cover from “The Greatest American Hero Second Season.”

[November 2010]

Amazing story. Up where kids could hit it with tennis balls : )

$300 million.

[tarpit]

Lol. I purchased a Wm E. Marshall engraving of Abraham Lincoln for $120. Was not sure if it was original but the frame alone was worth it.

[ml/nj]

WOW !

ML/NJ

[Red Badger]

Hey! You could put all that on a canvas and call it a “lost” Warhol.............

[ClearCase_guy]

potentially the art find of the century.

And so early, too ...

[Andonius_99]

So that's where my remote battery cover went!

[LostInBayport]

I love stories like this. There are still treasures to be discovered.

By the way, Red Badger...what color was that M&M? Wasn’t there a contest a while back that if you had a specially colored one....?

[Red Badger]

Yeah, that was for “red” M&Ms. They quit making them for a few years until a new food dye was approved that didn’t cause mice to get cancer when they ate 50 lbs a day for 30 years..................

[null and void]

You should be glad you didn’t find something worse... *shudder* The things that can end up behind couches....

Darks?

[layman]

What are the two heavily muscled small figures hanging onto each arm supposed to be? .... Children? .... Midgets? IMHO this painting sucks and hidden behind the sofa is a good place for it.

[Red Badger]

Cherubim................or Munchkins............

[BBell]

Interesting if true.

[Cloverfarm]

I’m sure it is 500 or so years old, but, not being an expert or anything, it looks kind of awkward for Michaelangelo. THe composition seems off or something.

[Red Badger]

Well be wasn’t laying on his back on a 30 foot scaffolding with it 12 inches from his face when he painted it..............

[annelizly]

yeah, i’d sell it so fast it would make everyones head spin:)

[Cyman]

I am definitely not an art expert but does this look like a hundreds years old painting. My understanding is that of all the “experts” in the world, art experts are the easiest to fool.

[Red Badger]

Mary's right foot (left side) is missing..........