Painting bought for $4.09 at thrift shop identified as David Bowie original
A painting purchased for less than $5 at a Canadian thrift store is now up for auction after the artist was identified as music legend David Bowie.
Auctioneer Cowley Abbott said the painting was purchased for $4.09 from a donation center for household goods in South River, Ontario, and was subsequently discovered to have been painted by Bowie in 1997. ...
The auction house said the painting, titled D Head XLVI, is part of a series the singer created between 1994 and 1997. ...
The painting is being sold as part of Cowley Abbott's International Art Online Auction and is expected to fetch a high bid of $9,000-$12,000.