A woman burst into tears on Antiques Roadshow after she found out the true value of a painting she had inherited from her deceased grandmother.
In a clip from the US version of the show, which airs on PBS, the woman explained how the painting was given to her gran when she spent the summer at a ranch back in the 1940s. It spent much of her remaining life hanging above her bed.
After she passed, the guest was given the painting to take to college, but had to clean under the frame after spotting a dead mosquito under the glass.
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She explained: "I took it out to the front yard and I opened it up to get the mosquito out so I could take it with me to college. It kind of scared me a little. I closed it back up immediately because it looked like it [the painting] might be real."
So, she had it appraised "twice in 1998, as a print at $200 (£159), and in 2004 at $250 (£200)". However, the original estimates couldn't have been further off.
Painting expert Meredith Hilferty claims the piece was actually genuine artwork by Henry Francois Farny from 1892. She explained: "He was born in France. He came to Pennsylvania when he was about six years old. When he was living in Pennsylvania, he began a relationship with the Seneca Indians.
"That's really where his fascination with the different tribes began. This piece is really interesting because it's a dense group of figures, which is very desirable in his work. He did eventually spend a lot of time with the Sioux Indians, and they did adopt him and gave him the name Long Boots.
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"This is really his most prolific time. 1890 is about when we start to see some of his very best paintings. He represented the Native Americans in a very kind of peaceful, tranquil way. You can see that in this painting."
But more astonishing was its price tag as Hilferty estimated it would be worth between $200,000 (£159k) to $300,000 (£239k) at auction today. The guest was left so stunned she burst into tears.
Wiping her watery eyes and struggling to calm herself down, she said: "I can't hang it up. That's so much. I don't even know what to say. I'll keep it away from my dog."
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