Million-Dollar Oil Paintings Discovered on Antiques Roadshow!

Million-Dollar Oil Paintings Discovered on Antiques Roadshow! Some paintings hang in living rooms for decades before anyone thinks to ask what they are. Others turn up in a Goodwill bin, a farm auction box lot bought for five dollars, or a closet cleared out during a wildfire evacuation. In this Antiques Roadshow best-of documentary, we look at the most valuable paintings ever brought to the table and the appraisals that left their owners speechless. This episode features Norman Rockwell portraits rejected by Kellogg's, an Ernie Barnes football canvas insured at $650,000, a $5 farm auction Victor Higgins, a Chuck Close painted before he was famous and sold for eight dollars in rent money, a pair of Lynne Drexler canvases worth up to half a million, and a Cornelius Krieghoff Quebec winter scene valued above $350,000. There is also Lyonel Feininger from his Bauhaus years, Ram Kumar's Varanasi abstractions, Erna Rosenstein, Fernando Amorsolo, Le Pho, Jasper Cropsey, George Bellows, Joseph Henry Sharp, Frank Tenney Johnson, and a folk portrait the family calls Granny Grump. Along the way, experts explain why condition, cleaning, provenance, original frames, inscriptions on the reverse, and a painter's exact period can transform what a canvas is worth. From a Goodwill find that hung over a bed to a chair Norman Rockwell threw out that turned out to be worth $50,000, these appraisals prove that the thing on your wall may be the most valuable object you own. ⏱ CHAPTERS 00:00 Norman Rockwell's Rejected Kellogg's Portraits 03:15 Ernie Barnes Football Painting Worth $650,000 05:03 $5 Farm Auction Victor Higgins 06:53 Jessie Arms Botke Gold Leaf Peacock Painting 08:41 New England Folk Portrait from 1786 10:34 Lyonel Feininger Bauhaus Watercolor 12:38 The $8 Chuck Close Painting 15:19 Two Lynne Drexler Canvases Found in an Inheritance 17:47 Ram Kumar Varanasi Painting from New Delhi 19:49 Erna Rosenstein Postwar Surrealist Canvas 22:00 Charles Partridge Adams Colorado Landscape 24:02 Clarence Millet French Market Study 26:01 Bert Phillips Taos Portrait Bought for $300 27:42 Grant Wood and John Steuart Curry 29:43 Armin Hansen Monterey Harbor Scene 31:14 Cornelius Krieghoff Quebec Winter Sleigh Scene 33:11 George Bellows Maine Coast Painting 35:17 Fernando Amorsolo Philippine Paintings 38:04 The Goodwill Le Pho Discovery 40:46 Fern Coppedge December Mist 42:50 Joseph Henry Sharp Northern Cheyenne Portrait 45:25 Frank Tenney Johnson Western Canvas 46:50 Charles Courtney Curran Tondo Portrait 48:49 Percy Gray California Eucalyptus Watercolor 50:33 Angel Botello Three Magi Painting 53:16 Gustave Baumann Woodblock Prints 55:16 Painting from the Carnegie Mansion 57:51 Granny Grump by Sheldon Peck 1:00:14 Jasper Cropsey Greenwood Lake Autumn Scene 1:03:00 Alexej von Jawlensky Meditation 1:04:53 E. Irving Couse Klickitat Portrait 📺 IF YOU ENJOYED THIS, WATCH NEXT:    • The Most Valuable Beatles Memorabilia Ever...      • Most Expensive RINGS on Antique Roadshow      • Unbelievable Antiques Found In The Strange...      • Historic Finds That Hid Jaw-Dropping Appra...      • Cartier, Tiffany & Cartier | Jaw-Dropping ...   #oilpainting #fineart #artappraisal #antiqueart #americanartists #thriftstorefinds #artcollecting #masterpieces #vintagepaintings #roadshow Copyright Disclaimer: This video may contain copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research under Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. All rights belong to their respective owners.