Thrift Store Purchase is a Scottish Painter’s Masterpiece

“Interior: The Lady in Black,” Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell, signed, oil on canvas, 24 1/2 x 29 1/2 in., sold for £189,200 (about $253,000) at Lyon & Turnbull on June 4, 2026.In 1966, a young art teacher named Helene Plotkin bought an oil painting for less than $100 at a thrift shop in New York. After sixty years and some surprising revelations, the painting sold for £189,200 (about $253,000) at the Scottish Paintings and Sculpture Auction by Lyon & Turnbu