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- Tracy Donahue purchased an oil painting at a thrift store in New Hampshire for $4 in 2017.
- Years later, she discovered the work was an authentic illustration by N.C.
- Wyeth for the book Ramona.
- An initial auction sale for $191,000 fell through when the buyer failed to complete the transaction.
- A private collector eventually purchased the painting for over $100,000.
- This windfall allowed the family to fund a long-delayed trip to visit their son in Germany.
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