A very good eye for Fine Art … $50 makes $284,000 …

A painting bought for less than $50 at a Manhattan flea market 23 years ago sold at auction in London this week for $284,000. The picture, an oil on canvas by the Indian artist Francis Newton Souza, is a portrait of a bald, frowning man in a black suit, his eyes obscured by wire-rimmed glasses, and is dated 1958.

“Bought for Less Than $50, Sold for $284,000,” By Ben Shapiro, Arts, Briefly, The New York Times, September 16, 2006
Also, he enjoyed the painting for those many years … It pays to stroll through the flea market and avoid the TV shows …
Francis Newton Souza
Bonhams