Heidi Markow, owner of Salvage Goods Antiques in Easton, may have purchased an original 1800s-era Renoir for $12 at an auction in Montgomery County, 6ABC reported.

The drawing has antique framing, a faint signature, and a stamp on the back signifying it was brought to the United States by a high-end importer and sold to a prominent collector.

The work’s authenticity is being examined by the Wildenstein Plattner Institute sometime this month.

“I think, after the Wildenstein Plattner Institute does its inspection, I think it’ll just go back into the safe for a little while and have a little bit of downtime to decide what we would want to do,” said Markow.

No one seems to know how the work of a legendary French impressionist arrived in Montgomery County, 6ABC said. Markow said she isn’t sure if she will sell the piece if it is authenticated, but if she does it could sell for upwards of $1 million.

“I didn’t pick it up. I didn’t turn it around. I basically looked at it and I thought, ‘I just want that piece,'” Markow, a certified art appraiser, told 6ABC.

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