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Salvage dealer bought $12 drawing that is likely a Renoir worth, um, quite a bit more (video)

Allan Rose Hill
Mar 27, 2025
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Pierre Auguste Renoir (public domain)

Heidi Markow, proprietor of Easton, Pennsylvania's Salvage Goods Antiques, was at a collector's auction buying stuff for resale when a little drawing caught her fancy. See it in the video below.

"I didn't know what it was, I just knew that I wanted it," Markow said.

She ended up paying $12 for the chalk drawing of a wo…

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