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A portray handed down through generations shocked its current proprietor when it was appraised for $50,000 during a current episode of Antiques Roadshow, following a 9,000 tea pot analysis.

The art work, titled The Floats, is by famous American artist Jane Peterson.

The guest explained the piece got here from her great-aunt, a science instructor in Twenties Brooklyn.

“She was a instructor at Brooklyn Polytech High in New York in the Twenties, someplace in that space,” the guest told appraiser Nan Chisholm.

“And at the same time that she was teaching science, Jane Peterson, who is the artist, was the director of drawing for the Brooklyn Public Schools.”

The portray had a label on the back from George Of, another artist better identified for making customized frames.

Chisholm said it is possible he made the body for The Floats.

“She tends to use these very bright colors and a lot of vibrant brushwork, kind of Post-Impressionist,” she said. “And this being Gloucester, is one of her favorite places to paint.”

The guest said her grandmother had the piece appraised in 1998 for $9,200.

Chisholm identified an error in that appraisal, saying, “I noticed that it was referred to as a watercolor, and it’s actually gouache, which is a water-based paint, but it’s very opaque.”

Chisholm positioned the retail worth of the portray at roughly $50,000.