Drawing bought for $30 at Massachusetts estate sale confirmed as Albrecht Dürer work

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A man purchased an ink drawing for $30 at an estate sale in Massachusetts, initially assuming it was a modern copy. Experts have since authenticated it as the work of German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer, dating it to 1503. Valuations place the sketch somewhere between $10 million and $50 million. Detailed analysis confirmed both its authenticity and its connections to other known Dürer pieces.

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