In 1991, a California bargain hunter paid $5 for an ugly thrift-store painting; decades later, experts debated whether the forgotten canvas was a $50 million Pollock

In 1991, Teri Horton paid $5 for an “ugly” painting at a California thrift store. Years later, an art teacher suggested it could be a Jackson Pollock. Horton worked with authenticators to prove the attribution, while HISTORY listed the painting’s estimated value at $50 million, turning the bargain into an enduring art mystery.