BERLIN (AP) â A surrealist painting worth more than a quarter million euros (dollars) that was forgotten by a businessman at Duesseldorfâs airport has been recovered from a nearby recycling dumpster, police said Thursday.
The businessman, whose identity was not given, accidentally left behind the painting by French surrealist Yves Tanguy at a check-in counter as he boarded a flight from Duesseldorf to Tel Aviv on Nov. 27.
By the time he landed in Israel and contacted Duesseldorf police, the 280,000-Euro (340,000-dollar) oeuvre, which had been wrapped in cardboard, had disappeared.
Despite multiple emails with details about the 40x60-centimeter (16X24-inch) painting, authorities could not locate the artwork, police spokesman Andre Hartwig said.
Message in a bottle from Canada found on Scots beach by shocked couple
Sharon and Michael Cox were walking along Traigh Eais beach on the Isle of Barra when their dog Louie grabbed the bobbling object from the water.
Sharon Cox shows off the message in a bottle to the dogs
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A Scottish couple said they were shocked when a plastic bottle their dog found at the beach turned out to be a message in a bottle that traveled 2,000 miles from Canada.