A patron in a Volunteers of America shop in Columbus, Ohio, bought a framed poster advertising a 1958 exhibition of Picasso’s pottery in Vallauris, France. It cost $14.14. He took it home and looked online for more information. He learned that some of the posters had been signed in red–by Picasso himself–and saw that his has what looked like Picasso’s scribbled signature. It also has the penciled numbers 6/100 and the French words that mean “original print, signed proof.” The poster seems to be a linoleum print (a “linocut”). The print could sell for $6,000 at auction or twice as much if sold at a gallery, according to experts. The unemployed buyer of the $14 print has been looking for work in the arts for two years. He is currently refinishing and selling vintage furniture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo: A similar Picasso exposition poster sold at AuctionFarm