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Window Cleaner’s £900 Painting Could Be Worth £200M

3/22/2025

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For over ten years, window cleaner Steven Wadlow has passionately pursued the truth behind his painting, believed to be an authentic portrait of William Shakespeare. Purchased for just £900 in the 1960s, experts now estimate its value could soar to an astonishing £100-200 million. His remarkable quest is captured in the Netflix documentary "The Stuff of Dreams."

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For over ten years, window cleaner Steven Wadlow has passionately pursued the truth behind his painting, believed to be an authentic portrait of William Shakespeare. Purchased for just £900 in the 1960s, experts now estimate its value could soar to an astonishing £100-200 million. His remarkable quest is captured in the Netflix documentary "The Stuff of Dreams."