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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ZeeFinds, post: 4492710, member: 16546&quot;]I just found this unsigned painting at my Goodwill. I often joke with my picker buddy that someday I&#039;m going to find a sketch or something by Jackson Pollock because he once lived in Chico, California where I currently reside.</p><p><br /></p><p>I searched the internet for &quot;found Jackson Pollock art&quot; and there&#039;s actually a couple of real cases. In one, a woman, <a href="https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-me-teri-horton-20180126-story.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-me-teri-horton-20180126-story.html" rel="nofollow">Teri Horton, found an unsigned work at a thrift store</a>–she bought it to give to her friend with no idea of what it might be–and later someone recognized the style. She hired a specialist, Peter Paul Biro, and in his opinion it was real. He thought the one she found was commissioned, damaged, and instead repairing it JP painted a whole new one and abandoned the first without signing it. So the story goes. What I couldn&#039;t believe is that she turned down separate offers of $4M and $8M on her $5 purchase? She&#039;s holding out for more. With zero provenance, I would take the millions.</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s <a href="https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/arizona/articles/lost-jackson-pollock-painting-found-in-a-garage-is-estimated-at-15-million/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/arizona/articles/lost-jackson-pollock-painting-found-in-a-garage-is-estimated-at-15-million/" rel="nofollow">a second story about a gouache work of his</a>, not in the typical drip/pour style he&#039;s famous for, coming out of a garage in Arizona. It actually had some traceable history and was more easily identified given the ownership and other artists&#039; six-figure artworks of the era in the same garage. The homeowner called an appraisal service for an LA Lakers poster worth about $300 and they found much more interesting pieces. His deceased half-sister was a woman in the NY art scene, Jenifer Gordon Cosgriff, and had willed the art to him. The auction estimate was $15M.</p><p><br /></p><p>Peter Paul Biro was involved in identifying both of the works and so I found his website and sent him photos with a description of what you see here. He replied in less than 24 hours and thinks the paint colors post-date JP&#039;s work but he&#039;s not sure from the photos. For the fee of $4k, the painting can be analyzed in a laboratory for a definitive answer.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s kind of a fun story and I thought I&#039;d share. There&#039;s other nearly unbelievable moments like this out there and it gives a picker some hope. My personal record is a US military watch I bought for $245 and sold for $3,600 at auction.</p><p><br /></p><p>40 x 30 inches. Hand stretched and stapled canvas on custom frame with Masonite backer board. The unpainted spots on the canvas show age, dust and/or yellowing.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]391812[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]391813[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]391814[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]391815[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]391816[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]391817[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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