When a Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, resident (who goes by " Renoir Girl") found an old painting in a $6.90 box of trinkets at a flea market, she took it home and repurposed the ornate gold frame, storing the actual painting in her attic.

Years later, after decluttering her house, Renoir Girl's mother persuaded her to book an evaluation appointment for the discarded painting an auction house. That was lucky, because the painting was confirmed to be a circa 1879 original by famous French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir, valued between $75,000 and $100,000.