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A garage sale in Minnesota took a wild turn when someone bought an old painting for just $50. The artwork showed a ...
The Van Gogh Museum says a painting purchased at a Minnesota garage sale did not come from the Dutch artist's hand, despite the claims from a New York research group. The LMI Group said earlier ...
The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, which has the largest collection of his work, says a painting sold at a Minnesota garage sale isn't by Van Gogh.
“Elimar,” an 1889 artwork thought to have been painted by Vincent van Gogh, was not credited to the painter after analysis by the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. LMI Group International, Inc.
The official Van Gogh museum is throwing cold water on the claim that a painting purchased for $50 at a Minnesota garage sale was made by the Dutch artist. New York art experts from LMI Group ...
Van Gogh museum dismisses $50 garage sale painting as fake despite $15m claim Despite a 458-page report and DNA testing, the Amsterdam museum says ‘Elimar’ is not an authentic van Gogh.
The owners of the “Elimar Van Gogh,” as it has come to be derisively known in art circles, are now an art consultancy group called LMI International.
LMI Group declared in January that the painting, “Elimar,” was created by van Gogh in 1889, releasing a 458-page report that points to factors like canvas weave and the DNA from a hair found ...
The case for 'Elimar' LMI Group's claim that the "Elimar" painting is a genuine Van Gogh is drawn from evidence it compiled in a 458-page report, which it said was the result of $30,000 in research.
The New York-based LMI Group claims the $50 portrait is a previously unknown work by the Dutch master, perhaps now worth $15m, but the Van Gogh Museum rejects it ...