Rare David Bowie painting bought for $5 at rubbish dump to sell for staggering sum Newshub 19 hrs ago © Provided by Newshub
A painting bought by a woman at a Canadian rubbish dump has been revealed to be a rare artwork by late music legend David Bowie, now set to sell for tens of thousands.
An anonymous woman picked up the piece at a donation centre at an Ontario landfill, paying C$5 (approximately NZ$5.78) before turning it over and discovering the labels and signature that declared it one of a series of 47 canvas paintings by Bowie entitled Dead Heads .
Experts at Cowley Abbott auction house, where the abstract portrait is for sale, estimated its worth at between C$9,000 - $12,000; however at the time of writing, the current bid was C$50,100. The auction will run until June 24, leaving plenty of time for the price to continue to rise.
Rare painting by David Bowie auctioned off for over $18,000 after it was found by Ontario landfill
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