it had been hanging in a modest New England beach house for decades,
it being an early version of 'The Derby Day,' a panoramic painting by famed Victorian artist William Powell Frith, of whom some of his contemporaries said, 'eminent among men who paint for those who like pictures without liking art', I wonder who is laughing now? but back to the good news for the unnamed owner, when it goes under the hammer it is expected to go for up to to $800,000, lucky or what?
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