# Lost Eloise portrait found in dumpster sells for $100,000 after decades in closet

- Source: Times of India
- Published: 2026-10-18T16:15:45+00:00
- Category: World
- Original: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/a-famous-eloise-portrait-vanished-from-new-yorks-plaza-hotel-in-1960-later-turned-up-frameless-in-a-dumpster-and-spent-about-50-years-rolled-in-illustrator-hilary-knights-closet-before-selling-at-bonhams-for-100000/articleshow/135014005.cms
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/lost-eloise-portrait-found-in-dumpster-sells-for-100-000-after-decades-0438df/

In a fascinating twist of fate, Eloise's original portrait, crafted by Hilary Knight in 1956, mysteriously disappeared during a Junior League Ball in 1960. Rediscovered in a dumpster, it lay dormant in Knight's closet for years, only to be brought back to life at a 2017 exhibition at the New-York Historical Society. Its subsequent auction at Bonhams in 2018 for $100,000 underscores the unpredictab

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