A $4 Thrift Store Find That Could Sell for $250,000
The New York Times A woman found a rare N.C. Wyeth illustration while rummaging though frames at a Savers in New Hampshire. Now the piece is expected to draw a significant sum at auction.
You can walk out of the Savers in Manchester, N.H., with a shirt for as little as $4.99. There are $2 rings for those interested in costume jewelry. Framed artworks too big for shelves lean invitingly against one of the walls.
The thrift stores manager says that shopping there is like a personal treasure hunt, which was certainly the case for one woman who made the find of a lifetime in 2017.
While pushing a metal cart through the Savers on a hunt for home dcor, she spotted a dusty painting with a substantial wooden frame amid a stack of posters and prints. Two women in the image appeared to be in a standoff, the elder displaying stern disapproval.
The shopper was taken by the painting Who were the women? Why did they seem so tense? and clunked it into her cart. Minutes later, she was wheeling out an authentic oil panel by N.C. Wyeth, one of the premier American illustrators of the 20th century, known for bringing to life classic stories like Treasure Island, Robin Hood and Robinson Crusoe.
