ART collectors turned up with “pockets stuffed full of cash” after a retired boxer’s secret collection of more than 400 pieces of artwork was found in his unassuming home, it has been revealed.
Labourer Eric Tucker’s love of painting was only discovered in July last year when his family found his Warrington home stuffed with canvases.
The collection saw thousands line up around the block for the chance to see it – with his artwork now on show at the Warrington Art Gallery from this weekend.
And his family said they had held off selling his artwork to see his last wishes of having his paintings displayed in a gallery.
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