This Stunning Sculpture Was Sitting on a Family's Piano. It Turned Out to Be an Original Rodin

This Stunning Sculpture Was Sitting on a Family's Piano. It Turned Out to Be an Original Rodin

Titled "The Despair," the rare artwork just sold at auction for $1 million. For many years, its owners had assumed it was merely a copy

A Sculpture Missing for 120 Years Just Sold for Nearly $1 million—The Family Thought It Was Fake

It had been sitting on top of a French family's piano.GUILLAUME SOUVANT / Contributor / Getty ImagesOne French family recently discovered that they had treasure hidden in plain sight. A small marble sculpture that sat atop their piano was believed to be a copy of a sculpture by Auguste Rodin, the 19th-century French sculptor famous for works like "The Thinker" and "The Kiss."But it wasn’t a fake. It was an original sculpture that sold for $984,0…