Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s “Paysage Bords de Seine”: $100,000
A painting by renowned French Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir was given away at a flea market for $50. The painting was purchased at the Shenandoah Valley flea market and an anonymous owner delivered it to a Virginia auction house where experts verified that it is Renoir’s Paysage Bords de Seine from 1879. The scene was originally purchased from a Paris gallery in 1926 by international lawyer Herbert L. May. It’s a rather small painting at just 5.5-by-9-inches. It’s a beautiful work of art but you’ll have to get up close and personal with the painting to really enjoy it.
