In 2024, a Hamptons shopper paid $50 for a barn-sale painting. Experts identified it as Emily Carr’s 1912 artwork, which later sold for $290,000 at auction

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A painting bought for just $50 at a Hamptons barn sale has been identified as Emily Carr’s 1912 work Masset, Q.C.I. The artwork was later authenticated by experts and sold for C$290,000 at a Toronto auction, above its presale estimate. Including buyer fees, the final price reached C$349,250 in total.