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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Stolen Gauguin Found After 40 Years in a Mechanic's Kitchen [Watch (HLS stream): Stolen Gauguin Found After 40 Years in a Mechanic's Kitchen](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/70WWLuax.m3u8) (1:28)  _Published 2014-04-03. Two valuable, stolen paintings found after hanging in a mechanic's kitchen for 40 years._ --- Jul 27, 2023 4:21 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Woman Discovers Renaissance Masterpiece Randomly Hanging Above the Hotplate in Her Kitchen](/video/h2xZcgCw/) ### Woman Discovers Renaissance Masterpiece Randomly Hanging Above the Hotplate in Her Kitchen [Kidnapped Girl Found After 10 Years](/video/o9pIpQOF/) ### Kidnapped Girl Found After 10 Years [40 Years After](/video/rOpnBCSJ/) ### 40 Years After --- ## Transcript [ FOREIGN ] It sounds like something out of a Hollywood movie. Two masterpieces missing for decades are recovered by Italian authorities and unveiled in Rome on Wednesday. [ SOUND ]. Paul Gauguin's 'Fruit on a table or small dog', and Pierre Bonnard's 'Woman with two chairs' were stolen from a London home in 1970 then thought to have been mysteriously abandoned on a train in Italy. An Italian auto worker eventually bought the paintings at a lost property auction for about $ 30 having no idea of their real value. [ FOREIGN ]. They were bought by an art loving worker, who hung them for 40 years in his kitchen, first in Turin then in Sicily, after he retired. The mans' son recently decided to sell the paintings, and that's when they caught the attention of police. After a lengthy investigation, authorities were able to trace the paintings back to the 1970 theft. [ FOREIGN ]. I'm here to thank the police for this extraordinary recovery. The story we heard is really unthinkable. The recovery of the paintings are the symbol of extraordinary work. Experts estimate the Gauguin is worth as much as $ 40 million. The Bonnard is valued at more than $ 800, 000. Since the original owner died and apparently left no heirs, authorities now have to decide where the newly re- found paintings will now find a home. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Stolen Gauguin Found After 40 Years in a Mechanic's Kitchen","description":"Two valuable, stolen paintings found after hanging in a mechanic's kitchen for 40 years.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/70WWLuax/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-04-03T13:32:33.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/70WWLuax.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/video/70WWLuax/","duration":"PT1M28S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/video/70WWLuax/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}} ```