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Outlook: The crumbling old house that hid a treasure trove of art

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Thomas Schultz stands in front of a Arthur Pinajian oil painting with colourful shapes

01/02/2022 GMT

The crumbling old house that hid a treasure trove of art

BBC World Service - Outlook, The crumbling old house that hid a treasure trove of art

It was a tiny, dilapidated cottage but inside the garage was something truly remarkable

Thomas Schultz set out on a pretty standard business venture - buy, do up and sell a cottage.  But what he found in the garage would change his life.

In 2006 Thomas Schultz and his business partner Lawrence Joseph made a business plan. They were looking for a property to buy, do up and sell. Thomas had his eye on a little cottage near his home in Bellport, a small coastal village to the east of New York City. It was old, dilapidated and needed a lot of attention. But when he crawled through the broken garage door he found something entirely unexpected - 7,000 pieces of art, stacked in piles, rolled up canvasses and strewn across the floor. It turned out to be the work of an unknown artist called Arthur Pinajian and a discovery that would change Thomas' life.

Search online to find out more about Arthur Pinajian.

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(Photo: Thomas Schultz in front of an Arthur Pinajian oil painting. Credit: The Estate Collection of Arthur Pinajian)

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