A painting bought by art historian Christopher Wright for $88 has turned out to be worth almost $55,000. He believed that the artwork was a copy of a painting by Sir Anthony van Dyck, but it was actually an original by the Flemish court painter to King Charles I in the 17th-century.

Painting bought by art historian Christopher Wright for $88 turns out to be worth over $54,000

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Painting bought by art historian Christopher Wright for $88 turns out to be worth over $54,000