After the story went viral, the second customer returned to repurchase the artwork, and then sold it on eBay, with half the profits going to the thrift shop.
Jayne Sharp / XAfter a customer returned the house painting complaining of a “ creepy aura , ” the thrift workshop manager put it up in the window with the warning , “ Possibly bedamn ? ”
A picture purchased at a parsimoniousness shop in the UK was sell for over $ 2,000 on eBay after it was view as “ curst ” by the shop manager and its late owners .
36 - class - old Zoe Elliot - Brown bought the portraiture of the little girl from Hastings Advice and Representation Centre ( HARC ) for $ 25 . It had been returned by its late owner for having a “ creepy aura . ”
Jayne Sharp/XAfter a customer returned the painting complaining of a “creepy aura,” the thrift shop manager put it up in the window with the warning, “Possibly cursed?”
“ Another lady came in and noted how creepy it looked , and then she come back and buy it , and then she bring it back a pair of days later say that it had ruined her life , ” Elliott - Brown explicate concord to theNew York Post .
Elliot - Brown brought the painting home and hang it in her animation room — but then claimed her mother begin suffering from strange health effects .
The mother started feel wobbly and get hot flash . She break up in the bathroom . One day , Elliot - Brown said she fire up up to find her mother caress the cheeks of the lady friend in the picture .
Jayne Sharp/XThe “possibly cursed” painting was placed back into the window of the thrift shop after it was returned for a second time.
And that was n’t all . Elliot - Brown said she began hearing apparition knock at her door in the center of the night .
But the final straw for Elliot - Brown came when she and her boyfriend were learn a walk , and suddenly , a “ handsome calamitous figure ” appeared before them .
“ [ My swain ] catch me , and we start running back the direction we had do , ” Elliot - Brown said . “ He was yell that it was right behind him . ”
eBayThe painting was sold on eBay for nearly $2,100 — half of which will go toward the thrift shop, where it was purchased for only $25.
Jayne Sharp / XThe “ possibly cursed ” painting was placed back into the window of the thrift shop class after it was return for a 2nd time .
Elliot - Brown then read the painting back to the shop , three day after she buy it . Steve Elledge , the manager of HARC , suppose she seemed “ a snatch distressed , ” saying that “ everything ’s gone unseasonable , ” consort toBusiness Insider .
“ I read , why do n’t you ruin it ? ” Elledge say said . “ She says , ‘ No , that would make it regretful . ' ”
This time , Elledge put the painting back in the window with a banknote that take , “ She ’s back ! ! ! Sold doubly and returned doubly ! Are you brave enough ? ? ? ”
Throughout the saga , pictures of the painting ’s playful advert function viral on the social media platform X , previously known as Twitter .
Elliot - Brown returned to the shop to take the painting back , thinking it could be of value now that it had gone viral .
“ [ I wanted ] to get it to someone who in reality know about this stuff and can do something positive with it , ” she said .
The painting ended up selling for over $ 2,000 on eBay , and the proceeds will be separate between Elliot - Brown and HARC .
eBayThe painting was sold on eBay for nearly $ 2,100 — half of which will go toward the thrift store , where it was purchase for only $ 25 .
But Elledge pronounce the whole debacle has cause him a massive headache . HARCposted on Facebookasking the public to stop contacting the shop class .
“ Due to unprecedented interest in our ‘ haunted house painting , ’ which has broadcast like wildfire across social media , we are inquire kindly if you do n’t endeavor to contact either our London Road or Queen ’s Road store , ” the post said . “ We thank you for your sake , but our store managers and staff have been inundated with inquiry from all over the world , and unable to suffice customer . ”
Elledge said he does n’t think he ’ll try sense of humour again due to the massive amount of call about the painting .
“ But now no , I will never ever ever do it again . I do n’t require any more hassle . I ’m give way to unplug my sound now , ” Elledge said .
But a new photo from the shop class has been making the rounds on X again . The shop window now features a set of Victorian dolls with a note that reads , “ Dolls £ 2.00 each . We promise that none of them are malefic or cursed in any means ! They just look baleful ! ”
After scan the saga of the “ possibly cursed ” portrayal , learn about some other painting that have better claim for being cursed , like these works by serial killerJohn Wayne Gacy . Then , read about the brutal artistry ofArtemisia Gentileschi , who used her institution to get retaliation on her rapist .
