Two masterpieces of English artist Aubrey Berdsli that were considered lost for 80 years, discovered in a toilet unknown British pensioner. The paintings have sold at auction for 200 thousand pounds sterling (300 thousand dollars), reported The Independent.
The canvas was found accidentally expert evaluators property anonymous retiree. Already gathering to leave the house, a specialist asked to take a toilet, on the walls of which, to his surprise, discovered and pictures of famous painter.
The two masterpieces - "Highlights" and "Platonicheskoe " - belong to a ser of 13 figures to play by Oscar Wilde, who met the artist in 1894.
The owner of the drawings, decorated by his toilet, received the painting inherited from his grandfather, a university professor and amateur artists. It is believed that fact in turn they won as a gift in 1930-.
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