The back story was equally ######: Impressionist artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir was ###### lunch in Paris by the ###### River in 1879 with his ###### when he grabbed a linen ###### and used it to paint ###### a keepsake.
The painting- "Paysage ###### de Seine" or "On the ###### of the Seine"- was bought ###### $7 in a box of ######. In September it was announced ###### it was being put up ###### auction in Alexandria, Virginia. Since ######, an intriguing mystery has unfolded ###### an assortment of characters.
A ###### art collector, perplexed museum officials, ###### insistent buyer and the FBI ###### have become part of the ###### that shows how gems can ###### hidden among everyday items, just ###### to be revealed.]]> Fuqua, who ###### to have uncovered the disputed ###### at a flea market outside ###### Ferry, West Virginia, insists that ###### is entitled to it.
But ###### story is undergoing scrutiny. The ###### Post has reported that several ###### of the Fuquas, along with ###### family member who later retracted ###### statement, say the painting was ###### Fuqua's mother's house for many ######. Her mother was an art ######, and Fuqua sometimes helped her ###### the studio.
Fuqua, a former ###### dealer at a casino who ###### teaches driving in Virginia, has ###### to the court that she ###### to file a claim, even ###### questions swirl around her.]]>