NEW YORK — Imagine this: A priceless Picasso work, its existence a secret shared by few, resurfaces a half-century later. At an estate sale in suburban New Jersey. Tucked inside a frame, and hidden behind another work of art.
Art collector Keith Coppola says the truth is beyond anyone’s imagination — and insists he’s not tilting at windmills with his tale of discovering the long-unseen Picasso depicting Don Quixote and sidekick Sancho Panza while buying $75 worth of art in the Garden State.
The work, dated Feb. 11, 1955, and delivered to the land of Springsteen only months later, is the real deal, confirmed by years of digging and authenticated by a cadre of world-renowned experts, according to Coppola.
