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In 1992, a trucker paid $5 for a drip painting at a San Bernardino thrift shop; a fingerprint said Pollock, experts said no, and she died in 2019 refusing $50 million

In 1992, Teri Horton bought an oil painting for $5 at a thrift shop, igniting a decades-long debate over its connection to Jackson Pollock. Despite forensic evidence, experts dispute its authenticity. Horton declined offers up to $50 million before her death in 2019, leaving the painting's origins shrouded in mystery.

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In 2010, a Briton paid about $5 at a Las Vegas garage sale for sketches; one was appraised at up to $2.4 million as a possible Warhol, the authentication board declined to verify it, and it later appeared on eBay for $2 million

Discover the astonishing story of British businessman Alan Fields, who bought a sketch at a Las Vegas garage sale for just $5, only to claim it could be an early Andy Warhol worth $2.4 million. Explore the authentication struggles and the eccentric world of art valuation.

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