A version of this article appears in print on Dec. 18, 2023, Section C, Page 6 of the New York edition with the headline: A $4 Thrift Shop Painting Finally Sells for Big Bucks.

An illustration by N.C. Wyeth that was purchased at a New Hampshire thrift shop for $4. A bidder later agreed to pay $191,000 for the work at a September auction, but then never actually paid. via ...

A painting purchased from a New Hampshire thrift store for $4 was auctioned for $191,000 when it turned out to be a long-lost work by N.C. Wyeth.

New Beginnings Church in Brick, a non-denominational Christian church founded 26 years ago, has its mission front and center on an inside wall. It now also holds services in Wall and Bayville.

It is, in a way, a triumph. Gordon said Mr. Lambeth died in 1853, and his daughters were sent from New Orleans to live elsewhere. She’s unable to say where the painting ended up after that.