Old Painting Found In Attic

3 6 millionone 18th century giovanni battista tiepolo painting lay hidden in the attic of a french château.

Old painting found in attic.

It contained 19 unopened packs from the company s first year. In an old box he found nine boxes of unopened baseball cards. Caravaggio painting worth a fortune found in french attic owners of a house in france have discovered a dramatic 400 year old piece of history when they went to fix a leak in the ceiling. Arts lost caravaggio painting found in attic could.

A jackson pollock painting found in an arizona garage. An attic in toulouse france was filled with toys clocks and clothing all collecting dust for years. The most valuable item was a box of 1948 bowman baseball cards. The italian master s judith and holofernes was found in a french attic in 2014 and went on display at a press conference in london today.

The packs were from the mid 1900s. It happened to one very lucky. But in 2014 its owners found something amongst the junk that was worth millions. A painting described as a lost caravaggio masterpiece has been bought two days before it was due to go under the hammer in france.

Sometimes the most valuable treasures are hiding in plain sight which was certainly the case with a french family when they discovered a priceless painting thought to be lost forever in their attic. In 2017 a tennessee man was going through the attic of his deceased uncle. The 400 year old work which was found by accident in 2014 in an attic of a house in toulouse is thought to have been painted by italian master caravaggio according to old masters expert eric. The painting which was found under an old mattress in the attic.

Imagine purchasing a home and then years later discovering a dusty old painting in your attic that turned out to be a lost caravaggio masterpiece worth 171 million.