Turner Painting Bought for £500 Sells for Nearly £1.9m After Artist Identified
A painting originally purchased for £500 and later identified as an early work by JMW Turner has sold at Sotheby's for approximately £1.9 million.
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2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 3 Nov 2026. ARTnews – ARTnews.com published first, on 3 November at 21:22 UTC; Times of India followed 24h 02m later. The most recent article, from Times of India, appeared on 4 November at 21:24 UTC.
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- JMW Turner
- Julius Caesar Ibbetson
- Sotheby's
- Major Yoshitomo Nara