Girl Finds Lovely Portray Left in New Home (Unique)

• Lindsey Eaton and her boyfriend, Charlie, had been transferring into their new home when one thing caught Eaton’s eye
• In the home, they discovered a 4’5″ by 3’6″ scenic panorama portray with a thick, gold picket body, that includes vibrant and delightful flowers
• Later, the 27-year-old determined to take a video of the portray and publish it on her TikTok account hoping that somebody on the app would possibly be capable of assist determine its worth
• Not lengthy after posting, the video went viral, amassing greater than 1.4 million views and 600 feedback

Lindsey Eaton and her boyfriend, Charlie, had been transferring into their new home in Atlanta when one thing caught Eaton’s eye.

In the home, they discovered a 4’5″ by 3’6″ scenic panorama portray with a thick, gold picket body, that includes vibrant and delightful flowers. At first look, Eaton, 27, wasn’t stunned, because the earlier homeowners had left issues behind, together with two different work, although these weren’t as massive nor as putting as this one.

Nevertheless, when she and Charlie later pulled out the portray for a more in-depth look, Eaton tells PEOPLE solely that they had been “shocked by how pristine and delightful it was.”

“We truthfully don’t have any details about its origins,” she says, including how the earlier homeowners had been already dwelling abroad for a yr earlier than promoting the home. “The sellers by no means talked about a lot of the issues they left behind, together with the portray. There aren’t any signatures or markings on it that give any clues.”

“My mother steered I cling it up and design my room round it, whereas my boyfriend joked about promoting it on Fb Market for $25,” she continues. “As for my dad, he steered I hold the body and exchange the portray with an LSU poster, since I went to highschool there.”

However a short while later, because the couple was settling in and organizing completely different areas of the home, Eaton was cleansing out the shed the place the portray had been saved when she had an concept. She determined to take a video of the portray and publish it on her TikTok account, hoping that somebody on the app would possibly be capable of assist determine its worth.

Not lengthy after posting, she observed the TikTok video go viral, amassing greater than 1.4 million views and 600 feedback.

“The way in which I’d go cling it up so fast in the home 😂,” one person feedback.

“Google says it’s Big Backyard Scene Portray On Canvas, John Sloan,” another person says.

One other person writes, “Idk ask Leo from Love is Blind.”

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“The feedback are completely hilarious,” says the social media supervisor. “Some are literally informative, particularly from artwork sellers, whereas others are simply alongside for the journey. Lots of people hold telling me to do a Google reverse picture search — which I already tried straight away, however it didn’t deliver up something helpful. Half the persons are mad that I dragged it throughout the bottom, and the remainder simply wish to comply with the journey.”

“They’re stuffed with humorous theories. Some individuals assume it’s haunted, some are satisfied it’s price a fortune and others say it’s most likely nugatory,” she provides.

Regardless of the feedback urging her to, Eaton explains that she’s not going to contact the earlier homeowners since they’re not a part of the story. “Finders keepers,” she says, noting that she’d been informed that every part left behind in the home is now hers.

“The earlier homeowners left fairly a bit for us to wash out, so it looks like they didn’t intend to take every part with them,” she explains. “Plus, they stay abroad, and we had been by no means in direct contact with them, which makes reaching out much more difficult.”

As for now, Eaton says she’s tried researching the portray in each means she will consider, however retains arising with nothing. She’s additionally reached out to an artwork public sale home and is at the moment ready on an estimate. She might even get a few completely different estimates to see what specialists assume. And naturally, she’ll hold TikTok followers up to date.

“Dream end result? It seems to be a one-of-a-kind portray price thousands and thousands,” she says. “However realistically, if it’s price a few grand, that may be superb — particularly since we’ve some home bills proper now. Worst-case situation, it’s been a enjoyable journey, and I’m having fun with the thriller.”

“That’s the lesson: You by no means know what hidden treasures you would possibly uncover in a brand new residence! At all times lean in your neighborhood for assist, don’t be afraid to ask questions, and keep curious — you by no means know the place it’d lead,” she provides.