She bought the piece at an auction in Montgomery County in January. A Pennsylvania woman paid $12 for a drawing that could be an original piece by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

March 27 (UPI) --A Pennsylvania woman bought a drawing for $12 at a collector's auction and she later determined it might be a far more valuable work by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

Markwo concluded this was the work of the legendary French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. But just to be certain, she called in a fellow art appraiser to make sure she wasn't getting ahead ...

Markow bought a drawing for only $12. It wasn’t until she took a closer look however that she noticed a faint signature: Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Renoir was a French artist and painter born in ...

Markow bought a drawing for only $12. It wasn’t until she took a closer look however that she noticed a faint signature: Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Renoir was a French artist and painter born in ...

That’s because it may have been created by French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir around the 1880s, according to Heidi Markow, a certified appraiser and the co-owner of the antique shop Salvage ...