On the open market, his paintings have sold for almost $50,000.
The painting finally sold for $222,500, almost three times its estimate.
Even so, the painting sold for more than its $90,000 high estimate.
He had been poor, but not from choice, and in later years his paintings sold well.
The painting sold to an unidentified collector for $3.7 million.
He said the paintings at his site had sold for an average of $1,800.
By the 21st century, however, his paintings were selling for millions.
Their paintings have often sold for several thousands of dollars.
But it is a far better thing than having no paintings to sell in the first place.
The painting finally sold for $99,300, just under its low estimate of $100,000.