A thrift-store Picasso? [View all]

As Zach Bodish traced his usual route through the thrift store last week, passing the metal shelves of castaway posters and photographs, one word caught his eye.

Picasso.

It was on a framed poster, alongside a crudely etched face and a French phrase advertising a 1958 exhibition of Pablo Picasso’s work. Bodish, who figured it was a nice reproduction, paid the $14.14 price at the Volunteers of America in Clintonville and went home.

But as the 46-year-old University District resident researched the piece online, he noticed a red scribble in the corner of his thrift-store find, the same place where Picasso penned a scarlet signature on some original versions.

“I started shaking a little bit,” said Bodish, who has an interest in art but admits he is by no means a collector.

“I realized it wasn’t going to make me rich, but still, how often do you find a Picasso?”

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