9- Painting Found Inside Couch
Ninth place in our list is a painting found inside a couch. Happened in 2007 when a German student in Berlin bought a pullout couch at a flea market.
Imagine the surprise she had when she unfolded the couch at some and found a small oil painting inside.
The painting was a piece called “Preparation to Escape to Egypt” which has unknown origins, although it is believed that the artist was part of the inner circle of the famous Venetian painter Carlo Saraceni.
It was painted at some point between 1605 and 1620 according to the auction house appointed to sell the work.
It went on to be purchased in Hamburg by an anonymous bidder for a price of $27,630, making the student 100 times what she originally paid for the couch.
