TREASURES IN THE HOME? | M6 | 66 minutes

What do you do with the furniture and belongings of a person who has to leave their dwelling to go into a retirement home or when you need to empty your own country home?

Dump it, give it away, sell? These questions are often a headache and source of anxiety for families. Because, maybe you should take a second look. Sometimes, masterpieces are saved from the trash at the last minute. Miracle finds that only an expert eye can sometimes spot… Second-hand dealers, art experts, auctioneers, we followed all of them in their treasure hunt to find the gold nugget that sends the price indicators wild in the auction rooms of the Oise: a painting by the Italian master, Cimabue, dating back before the Renaissance. A canvas lost for 200 years that lording it in a family home in the Oise, hanging in the kitchen next to the hot plates. It will sell at auction for a record 19.5 million euros.