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NY Woman finds stolen Tamayo painting in trash; Sotheby’s sells it for $1.049 million

In 2003, Elizabeth Gibson was taking a morning walk on Manhattan’s Upper West Side when she noticed a brightly coloured abstract painting lying in the trash. She did not know who had painted it or why it had been thrown away. Still, something about the work made her stop and take it with her.

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