LMI Group International recently published a 450-page report seeking to prove a painting, "Elimar," found in Minnesota in 2016 and bought for $50, was the work of Vincent van Gogh.

The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, which has the largest collection of his work, says a painting sold at a Minnesota garage sale isn't by Van Gogh.

Vincent faux Gogh. An oil canvas painting believed to have been created by artist Vincent van Gogh and was purchased at a garage sale for $50 while later valued at $15 million may be a fake ...

The Van Gogh Museum says a painting purchased at a Minnesota garage sale did not come from the Dutch artist's hand, despite the claims from a New York research group.

Did Vincent van Gogh paint a portrait that sold for less than $50 at a Minnesota garage sale? It depends who you ask. The painting, called "Elimar" – a reference to a word scrawled in its bottom ...

Struck Gogh-ld. A newly discovered Vincent van Gogh painting worth $15 million was likely found at a dusty Minnesota garage sale — where a buyer plunked down less than $50 for the world-famous ...

The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam determined that "Elimar," the oil on canvas depicting a fisherman smoking a pipe, painted around 1889, was not an original piece of work by the Dutch painter.

This Painting Bought at a Minnesota Garage Sale Is Actually a Van Gogh, Experts Say The LMI Group has identified 'Elimar' as a work from the famed artist. Published on January 30, 2025.

A new report makes the case that a painting bought at a Minnetonka garage sale in 2016 is actually a previously unknown work by Van Gogh. But not everyone buys it.

Back in Minnesota, the news of a potential Van Gogh discovered in their own back yard has excited a lot of folks, even as they too are uncertain as to the painting's exact provenance.

A painting (not pictured) bought at a Minnesota garage sale in 2016 is actually a lost “orphaned” artwork by Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh that could be worth millions.

Struck Gogh-ld. A newly discovered Vincent van Gogh painting worth $15 million was likely found at a dusty Minnesota garage sale — where a buyer plunked down less than $50 for the world-famous ...