Pennsylvania Woman Awaits Authentication of $12 Drawing Believed to Be a Renoir

Drawing Bought By Woman For Rs 1,000 Might Be Rs 8.5 Crore Renoir Painting

If authenticated, Heidi Markow hopes to sell the painting for about "six or seven figures" to someone who truly appreciates its beauty.

A resident of Pennsylvania bought a small drawing at a local auction for only $12, but it could be the work of the French painter Renoir.

Easton woman buys possible Renoir masterpiece for $12 at auction

An Easton woman is gaining national attention for a rare find that could have worldwide implications.

An Easton woman paid $12 for a drawing in a Montco auction. She is convinced it’s an original Renoir.

Heidi Markow of Salvage Goods in Easton will give the drawing to the Wildenstein Plattner Institute in New York to see if it's the real deal.

Salvage dealer bought $12 drawing that is likely a Renoir worth, um, quite a bit more

Heidi Markow, proprietor of Easton, Pennsylvania's Salvage Goods Antiques, was at a collector's auction buying stuff for resale when a little drawing caught her fancy.

Woman buys art thought to be by Renoir for only $12

The owner of an antique shop in Easton, Pennsylvania, is having a drawing she recently bought for just $12 evaluated to see if it's by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, the French impressionist who lived from 1841 to 1919.