There’s a $350k Painting in “Stuart Little” That Was in Plain Sight But No One Even Noticed It

He Only Paid $40 For It

“I think I only paid $40,” Hempstead was quoted saying. “Somebody had just donated it, probably with a lot of other items.” He knew it was one of Berény’s masterpieces but he didn’t know it was categorized as being lost. So, he sold it at a Pasadena antique shop for about $400, which is where the assistant set designer eventually bought it.