NEWS · B2 Level - Part 4

Did This Woman Buy a Renoir Drawing Worth Millions For $12

She may have made the deal of the century without knowing it. My eyes just went to that and...

Level: B2 · 21 sentences

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  1. She may have made the deal of the century without knowing it.
  2. My eyes just went to that and...
  3. I didn't touch it though. I didn't turn it around. I didn't really inspect it.
  4. I just knew that I wanted it.
  5. Heidi Markow saw the drawing at an auction outside Philadelphia.
  6. What was the winning bid? A grand total of $12.
  7. Yep, 12 bucks.
  8. Brace yourselves. Experts say it may be worth at least a million dollars.
  9. Today, this drawing is the talk of the art world.
  10. Because it's believed to be the work of the famous French impressionist Renoir from the early 1900s.
  11. I absolutely 100% did not think that I would be bringing home a Renoir.
  12. Heidi only realized it could be a Renoir when she took a close look at the drawing,
  13. and made out a faint signature.
  14. Look, it says Renoir.
  15. From 12 bucks to a million dollars.
  16. Now that's a pretty good markup.
  17. You feel really blessed when...
  18. you find a piece for $100 and you can sell it for 5000, you know.
  19. But this here, yeah, this is pretty spectacular.
  20. Heidi says she's having the artwork officially appraised by a Renoir expert next month.
  21. And by the way, the most a Renoir painting has sold for at auction is 78.1 million dollars.