Imagine: You hang a painting in your living room without knowing that it is a very rare work of art that is worth hundreds of thousands of euros. This is what happened to a family from Inner-a-Loire.
If you have works of art at home, like paintings, check out their origins well. In fact, some people have already discovered that paintings they kept at home were actually works by recognized artists worth being a small fortune. This is the case with this man who lived for 60 years without knowing it with a Picasso table Home is estimated at 6 million euros.
Recently, a new person has discovered a treasure in their house, in inner-a-loire. In fact, the owners urged an auction holder to assess more items in their house. Arrived at the stage, the expert was fascinated by a table hung from the living room wall, a canvas of 61×50 cm, which represented seven lions that lie side by side.
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According to the owners, this painting has belonged to the family for almost 150 years, after inheriting it from a collector who acquired it in 1983.
A table estimated at 300,000 euros
As revealed France BleuThis painting is a work by Eugène Delacroix, a well -known painter, especially for his painting “Liberty, who controls the people”. Its value is estimated between 200,000 and 300,000 euros for the surprise of its owner and auctioneer.
“In Couldn’t Divert The Eye, We Immedately Field That It Was Not A Painting Made By Anyone. The Sellers Explained to Me That He Was In Their Family That Delacroix Was Perhaps The Author Eugène Delacroix, and All The Oil Palette Painter, ”Explained Malo de Lussac, The Auctioneer, that France 3.
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In the drawer of a piece of furniture from the house, the auction holder found letters of specialists who testify that it was actually a work by Delacroix.
“It’s a bit of the grail for our profession. It’s great to find a master canvas. Still having this kind of surprise in 2025 in France is completely unexpected,” the auction holder said.
The table sold at auction
To this discovery, the new owners of the table decided to divorce it so as not to pay the cost of security, insurance and preservation of work. Thus, this canvas will be sold at auction in Paris this Friday, March 28. If its price is set at 300,000 euros, it can sell much more expensive due to its rarity.
If it is possible to find paintings in houses, some of them can also be revealed in flea markets or garage sales. A month ago, a man bought a table for 50 euros in a garage sale before he learned that it was a work estimated at 14 million euros. Same thing for a woman who has Found a table in voluminous And who was able to resell it 13,500 euros. Results that make you want to go to a flea market or search for his ceiling.
