The piece from the legendary artist eventually sold for just $1,200 at an auction
An original wood engraving by the legendary surrealist artist Salvador Dalí was uncovered in an unlikely place — a thrift store in North Carolina., volunteer Wendy Hawkins was going through donated art at the Hotline Pink Thrift Shop in January when she came across a peculiar wood engraving, which was left in the store’s sorting room to be priced.
“One day I saw this, with a bunch of other paintings lined up on the floor, and I said, ‘This is old, this is something special,'” she recalled toHawkins got the go-ahead to take the work to Melanie Smith, an accredited art appraiser and owner of Seaside Art Gallery. After cleaning up and examining the engraving, Smith confirmed the piece as an original work from Dalí.The piece is part of a collection ofof Dante Alighieri’s poem, “The Divine Comedy.
“It is rare that a work like this was just sitting in a thrift shop,” Smith said. “Most of the time, people know what it is.”
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