In 2017, Tracy Donahue paid about $4 for a thrift-store painting. Experts later authenticated it as an N.C. Wyeth work, leading to a six-figure auction sale

In 2017, Tracy Donahue picked up a dusty canvas at a New Hampshire thrift store, mostly wanting its heavy frame. An art conservator later spotted the painting online, authenticating it as a 1939 illustration by N.C. Wyeth. The humble bargain eventually earned the family a life-changing six-figure payout from a private collector.