Antique dealer tracks down homeless man to split profit after he found a valuable Disney painting

[Stonepounder]

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/11/homeless-man-finds-antique-disney-treasure-in-trashcan-and-gets-rewarded-with-1k/

Antique dealer tracks down homeless man to split profit after he found a valuable Disney painting

A homeless man who stumbled upon a valuable Disney picture in a trash bin was rewarded by the antique dealer who bought the art from him, reported CNN.

Adam Gillian of the Canadian city of Edmonton was originally paid $20 for a picture of Bambi by antique dealer Alexander Archbold. “When I knew it was gonna sell for a lot of money, I knew it wasn’t right to take it all,” Archbold told CNN. Archbold sold the artwork for $3,700.

Archbold went on a search to find Gillian, which was difficult because he had no address. After driving around he was able to get in contact with other homeless people that knew him.

Gillian returned to the store and Archbold gifted him with his half of the profit which was $1,600.35.

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[Leghorn21]

1. That's how ya do it, good peeps of the world!!

Thank you Mr. Gillian and Stonepounder for this most excellent article!!

[pansypoo53219]

2. did something much smaller. but i gave the seller 1/2 the profit off midcentury grapes, cause i knew

worth more than the $1 i paid.

[Stonepounder]

3. Excellent! Kudos to you as well Pansypoo.

[EarnestPutz]

6. Pansypoo, didn't you used to contribute to a blog called "Rising Hegemon"?

Or was it “WTF Is It Now”. Or maybe “Xoverboard”? All are defunct blogs that I used to read. August J. Pollak and Attaturk are names I remember.

[pansypoo53219]

7. ahh. attaturk. my dessert blog.

[iluvtennis]

4. Love these type of stories about good human deeds - thanks for sharing!

[EarnestPutz]

5. I usually hate garage sale/flea market/found it in the trash stories of huge financial gain....

....at someone else’s expense. Can’t stand “Antiques Roadshow” for this reason. But stories like this give me hope in the reassurance that there are good people among us.