[dantillberg]

Wow. That's like, "I know I bought a house a few years ago. It was a decent house, I think, but I lost the address and can't seem to remember where it was or how to find it again." (except that with Bitcoin, it's like, "the house is somewhere in this galaxy, but I can't remember which solar system")

[diegoprzl]

It's more like: "I bought a painting for 20$ at flea market. 6 years later I learned it was from Van Gogh but sadly I don't know where it is now."

[jacquesm]

My dad actually bought a painting for $25 at a flea market in Amsterdam and it turned out to be a Paul Citroen, we ate pretty good for a couple of years because of that. Not quite a Van Gogh but still, a good catch.

[zulln]

What was the market value of the painting? I fail to find any result corresponding with the comment.

[jacquesm]

It fetched ~50K Guilders in an auction by Mak van Waay, which in the 1970's was a lot of money.