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| Written by Associated Press |
| Friday, 30 October 2009 08:23 |
 LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A London, Ky., ophthalmologist liked what he saw in a Lexington antique shop and paid $900 for a landscape painting.
Dr. Jim Huffman took two weeks to decide and finally paid a little at a time to buy to 30-by-40 inch painting on layaway. He told the Lexington Herald-Leader it was so dirty that he took it to a Cincinnati restoration expert for cleaning. Huffman said when the artist's name was uncovered, it was Robert Scott Duncanson, a noted 19th-century African-American painter. The restoration expert appraised the work at $100,000. Antique shop owner Dennis Pigg said he bought the painting at a northern Kentucky estate sale a few months earlier. ___ Information from: Lexington Herald-Leader, http://www.kentucky.com Copyright 2009 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. AP-CS-10-29-09 0810EDT |
| Last Updated on Friday, 30 October 2009 09:59 |
