A picture of 100 million yen will be found out of the garbage

It is said that a masterpiece by Mexican painter Ruffino Tamayo who was missing for many years after being stolen was discovered in Manhattan. The painting was found in the container that puts in garbage, the person who picked up originally did not know about the value at all and was decorating at home.

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Elizabeth Gibson, a creator who likes to pick up abandoned antiques and take it home. Mr. Gibson seems to find a picture on the upper west side four years ago and it was decorating it on the wall of the house. However, a few months after picking up the picture, I found that Ruffino · Tamayo signature is on.

When I heard that a work of Rufino · Tamayo sold for 500 thousand dollars (about 57 million yen) from a friend about a year later and let me show the art book of my friend, the picture on the cover was decorated on the wall "Tres Personajes" was listed. I asked a gallery specializing in art in Latin America and found out that the picture she has is genuine. In 1977, a businessman of Houston gave it to his wife as a gift, after the couple moved, it was stolen from the custodian, and it seems that the missing position was unknown for many years afterwards. When she examined the picture, I found that it is worth about 1 million dollars (about 114 million yen).

"Tres Personajes" will be returned to the original owner and will be put on Sotheby's auction next month. Mr. Gibson seems to receive $ 15,000 (about 1.7 million yen) plus a commission on the prize money that was placed when the picture was first stolen.