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Walmart's New Health Food Push: Is It Too Hard to Swallow?Yesterday I wrote about the popularity of dumpster diving in Germany, and also told you alll a little about my less-than-glorious foray into the world of snagging other people's cast-offs.
Today's New York Times reports on one woman's extremely lucrative trash-picking adventure. Elizabeth Gibson was on her way to get coffee when she pulled a 38x51 inch painting out of someone else's trash. It turned out to be a piece by Rufino Tamayo that had been stolen 20 years ago, valued at about $1 million.
Amazingly, the widow of the man who purchased the painting has elected to put it up for sale and given Ms. Gibson a reward of just $15 thousand. Sotheby's, the auction house that will be selling the painting, is also paying her a small finder's fee.
While $15 thousand is hardly chump change, it looks like Gibson will mostly be gaining a great story to tell her grandchildren. You'd think the widow could have been more generous, given that the painting was 20 minutes away from landing at the dump.
Today's New York Times reports on one woman's extremely lucrative trash-picking adventure. Elizabeth Gibson was on her way to get coffee when she pulled a 38x51 inch painting out of someone else's trash. It turned out to be a piece by Rufino Tamayo that had been stolen 20 years ago, valued at about $1 million.
Amazingly, the widow of the man who purchased the painting has elected to put it up for sale and given Ms. Gibson a reward of just $15 thousand. Sotheby's, the auction house that will be selling the painting, is also paying her a small finder's fee.
While $15 thousand is hardly chump change, it looks like Gibson will mostly be gaining a great story to tell her grandchildren. You'd think the widow could have been more generous, given that the painting was 20 minutes away from landing at the dump.
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