A painting with an estimated value of only $17,000 two years ago, sold for almost $14 million after experts decided it didn't just look like a Rembrandt it was one.
The meteoric escalation in value is striking evidence of just how much authenticity (who is said to have made a work) matters more than aesthetics (what it looks like) when it comes to predicting what a painting might be worth.
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