This Guy Purchased A Tank On Ebay, But Didn’t Know It Contained A Fortune

The Thrift Store Find

Like many college students around the world, sometimes your home furnishings can be hard to come by. One such student thought she had a good find back in 2007 at a flea market in Berlin when she found a used couch for only $215. However, she got a little something extra with her purchase. The couch happened to be a pullout couch that had quite the stowaway stored inside. When she got the couch home and opened it she found a relatively small oil painting inside. The painting was 10 inches by 15 inches. While art dealers were unable to identify the artist, they were able to tell the piece was probably painted during the 17th century and was probably a close associate of the painter Carlo Saraceni. The name of the piece is “Preparation To Escape Egypt”. The painting was later purchased at an auction for $27,630 in Hamburg, which undoubtedly came in handy for the thrifty college student.