Goodwill Find Proves to be Valuable Painting
- July 25, 2012 18:32
A North Carolina woman found a treasure in her local Goodwill store.
Beth Feeback, an unemployed artist, noticed a pair of abstract paintings for $9.99 each. She bought the artwork for their value as canvasses, thinking that she would paint cat pictures over them.
A friend urged her to research one of the signatures, Ilya Bolotowski.
The 20th century Russian-born, New York-based artist brings in the tens of thousands at auction. Sotheby's gave Feeback a preliminary auction estimate of $20,000 and the Bolotowski work goes under the hammer in September.
![Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640), After Titian (Tiziano Vecelli) (Italian [Venetian], c. 1488–1576), Rape of Europa, 1628–29. Oil on canvas, 71 7/8 x 79 3/8 in.](/images/c/e2/2e/Jan20_Rape_of_Europa100x100_c.jpg "Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640), After Titian (Tiziano Vecelli) (Italian [Venetian], c. 1488–1576), Rape of Europa, 1628–29. Oil on canvas, 71 7/8 x 79 3/8 in.")
