A clairvoyant collector with an eagle eye for quality art snagged a painting at a Michigan estate sale this summer for a mere $30 — and now it’s expected to fetch up to $250,000 at a Manhattan auction.
The unnamed buyer realized they might have something special on their hands when they spotted a signature in the lower-left corner of the thrifted artwork — “Abercrombie, ’51.”
And they were right.
The signature belonged to the late legendary American surrealist Gertrude Abercrombie.
Wanting to learn more about the artist of their newly acquired piece, the savvy purchaser visited the touring exhibition, “Gertrude Abercrombie: The Whole World Is a…
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