In 2024, an appraiser found a 17th-century portrait among stacks of art in a Maine attic; expected to bring $10,000 to $15,000, it instead sparked a bidding battle and sold for $1.41 million

• The painting, believed by the auctioneer who found it to be a work by Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn, attracted nine bidders before a European collector secured it in August 2024.
• The portrait, titled Portrait of a Young Girl, ha