The Woman at the Window Sold for €380 - Who Knew Its Secret?
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The Woman at the Window Sold for €380 - Who Knew Its Secret?
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A panel painting sold for €380 at a farmhouse estate sale later authenticated as a late-sixteenth-century Flemish circle work now worth between €180,000 and €250,000 - but the buyer disappeared, a van with Indiana plates hauled it away, and a penciled note in the appraiser’s ledger hints someone asked about that gilt frame during the preview. Who placed a false name on the attendance sheet and how long had they known the painting’s true value?
In this episode, we follow the chain of events from the Pelsner farmhouse sale to the anonymous removal of the panel, tracing the people, notes, and gaps that leave a single question unresolved: did knowledge of the painting’s worth travel in secret long before it sold?
Person: Karl Pelsner
Date: December 4, 2011
Location: farmhouse twelve kilometers outside Linburg, Ohio
Price at sale: €380
Authenticated value range: €180,000-€250,000
- The painting measured 44 by 31 centimeters and depicted a woman reading a letter at a window.
- Appraiser Tom Hensley spent 40 minutes cataloguing 112 items and 90 seconds on the painting.
- Hensley’s estimate for the painting was €100-€400 and its sale price was €380.
- A penciled note in Hensley’s working notes beside the painting read: "GF - inquired specifically? Check."
- An attendance sheet for the preview listed a Patricia Ames of Indianapolis, a name for which no traceable address exists.
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