A Michigan collector paid $30 for a painting overlooked at an estate sale; the 1951 work had vanished from public view for 75 years and is now estimated to fetch as much as $250,000
Alderman Merriam’s Shells, 1951 A Michigan collector paid just $30 for a painting at an estate sale, not knowing that the work had been out of public view for about 75 years. The 1951 painting by American Surrealist Gertrude Abercrombie has since been authenticated and is now estimated to sell for $150,000 to $250,000 at…