An English artist paid £2,090 for a painting listed only as ‘in the style of’ Helen McNicoll; experts later proved it was her long-lost Bean Harvest, valued at £300,000 and sold for £174,000
- Helen Galloway McNicoll, The Bean Harvest, estimated £150,000-250,000.
- Sold for £174,000An English artist and part-time art dealer who bought a wrongly labelled oil painting for £2,090 at a regional UK auction made a life-changing discovery when experts confirmed that the painting was a long-lost Impressionist masterpiece.
- The artwork had originally been listed only as "in the style of" Canadian Impressionist Helen McNicoll and was later valued by specialists at £300,000.
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- Helen Galloway McNicoll, The Bean Harvest, estimated £150,000-250,000.
- Sold for £174,000An English artist and part-time art dealer who bought a wrongly labelled oil painting for £2,090 at a regional UK auction made a life-changing discovery when experts confirmed that the painting was a long-lost Impressionist masterpiece.
- The artwork had originally been listed only as "in the style of" Canadian Impressionist Helen McNicoll and was later valued by specialists at £300,000.
Sources: Times of India