A little girl in the attic awakes to find herself surrounded by admirers

FOUND lying face down in the attic of a local house, apparently unloved, the pastel portrait of a young girl reading a book seen right was the sleeper that awoke to a six-figure bid in an April 3 sale that gave Dennis Auction Service of Stewartsville, New Jersey, their first ever $1m sale total.

Initially no one took too much notice of the picture but, just because he liked the look of it, Fran…

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