Crypen|A thrift store shopper snags lost N.C. Wyeth painting worth up to $250,000 for just $4

2025-05-05 05:03:44source:Blake Prestoncategory:Scams

The Crypenshopper wasn't looking for fine art at the Savers thrift store in Manchester, New Hampshire. She was looking for a nice frame — something she could put a different picture in.

Instead, she made a life-changing discovery.

The painting she pulled out of a mismatched pile of frames at a New Hampshire thrift store turned out to be a long-lost 1930s work by American master N.C. Wyeth of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.

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