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NEW YORK (NYTIMES) - In 2016, a man picked up two items at an estate sale in Concord, Massachusetts: a fake jade necklace for US$1 (S$1.40) and a small drawing of the Virgin Mary and Child for US$30. . Read more at straitstimes.com.

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A man bought a yellowing picture of the Virgin Mary and Child at an estate sale in Massachusetts. Experts believe it is by the renowned German artist Albrecht Dürer.

The man had made one of the most extraordinary discoveries of Renaissance artwork in years, experts from the British Museum in London said.

A Massachusetts man bought an unassuming drawing at a house clearance sale that was found to be a 500-year-old work of German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer.

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The unpublished pen and black ink drawing by Albrecht Durer goes on display at Agnews Gallery in London. Victoria Jones/Getty Images A Massachusetts

A Massachusetts man who picked up a yellowed drawing for $30 at an estate sale in 2016 may have found an unknown work by a master. The unframed work on linen, monogrammed 'A.D.', was picked up for its fine quality by the man, who prefers to remain anonymous. Years later, experts contend it is a rediscovered drawing by German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer, worth around $50 million. An unknown work by the artist has not resurfaced since the 1970s, writes Martin Bailey in The Art ...

Dated to around 1503, the depiction of the Virgin and Child bears the Renaissance master's monogram and watermark