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How the story of a stolen Renoir painting found in West Virginia was unraveled

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The painting was stolen from the Baltimore Museum of Art in 1951. The FBI took the painting from the auction just days before it was supposed to go to auction. The painting was returned to the museum and was unveiled to the public as a part of the Renoir Returns exhibition.

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How the story of a stolen Renoir painting found in West Virginia was unraveled

HARPERS FERRY, WV (WOWK) -- This is the incredible story of how a work by famed impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir that was stolen in the 1950s was found in West Virginia for a measly $7. But was that story made up? According to the Washington Post, a Virginia woman was at a West Virginia flea market when she found a box that contained three things: a brown leather Paul Bunyan doll, a plastic cow and the painting, which "did not excite …

6 months ago·Charleston, United States

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