'Gag' Tom Thomson painting sells for $481,250

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A previously unknown Tom Thomson painting that turned up in Vernon sold for $400,000 at a Heffel auction in Toronto on Wednesday. After the commission was added, the final sale price was $481,250.
Not bad, considering that owner Glenna Gardiner had no idea it was real until she sent the painting to her friend, Marit Mayne, as a gag 70th birthday present.
Gardiner’s dad Jack was a bit of a joker, so she didn’t believe him when he talked about his Thomson pai