Rita
I had the shock of my life when this painting by my late husband, Colin Rodney Burrows, turned up on Ebay of all places.
The title is "Rita, You Were Never Lovelier", painted circa 1971 in acrylics on canvas.
I saw it last in about 1985, when Colin mentioned that he had swapped it for some spare parts to a dealer in Manchester, UK, I was not happy. After Colin's death in 2002, I made inquiries through a third party about buying the painting back, but the dealer was not interested.
The next time I laid eyes on the painting was in September of this year, (2013) when, I have to admit it, a very pleasant gentleman sent me an e-mail, asking me to verify that the painting was by my late husband. I had just missed the sale on Ebay by a week, if that!
If anyone else has misplaced an artwork, it might be as well to keep checking on Ebay. You never know what might turn up there,
