New Hampshire woman learns on Facebook that her $4 thrift store purchase was a rare painting worth as much as $250,000

(Credit: Courtesy of Bonhams Skinner)

A 2017 trip to a thrift store could prove life-altering for a New Hampshire woman.

Six years ago, the unknown shopper was looking for scrap frames in Manchester and found a fairly basic one surrounding an oil painting. That painting, it turns out, was a lost work by the American great N.C. Wyeth—and it’s expected to fetch between $150,000 and $250,000 at an upcoming auction. Bonhams Skinner will put it up for bids on Sept. 19.