Thrown away painting in US worth £500,000

A painting which was stolen and discarded as rubbish in the US is expected to fetch around £500,000 (€719,389) at auction next month, Sotheby’s said today.

Tres Personajes, painted by Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo in 1970, was stolen more than 20 years ago and found on a Manhattan street by New Yorker Elizabeth Gibson.