A long-lost work by one of the most important sixteenth-century German artists, Albrecht Dürer, has been valued in excess of $10 million. The drawing, titled “The Virgin and The Child'', was rediscovered by accident by a Boston-based art collector Clifford Schorer at a Massachusetts bookstore that happened to sell collectible items. He was asked to look into the drawing’s authenticity and reluctantly agreed to do so (such an impressive discovery almost never occurs, after all) unaware of what was awaiting him.
But when he began to examine the artwork, he was taken aback by the staggering quality he saw. He then began a three-year journey to verify the artwork, which involved taking 17 international flights around the world to consult experts. And thus “The Virgin and The Child”, which the bookseller had obtained at a yard sale for $30, was back in the spotlight, and this time with a $10 million price tag.
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