If I had a nickel...

'In 1934, a plumber from Dayton, Ohio, took a weekend trip to New York City and got drunk with some German sailors. When he awoke in the morning, his money was gone, but there were three rolled-up old paintings in his hotel room. One of them looked curiously like a Rembrandt.'

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/12/arts/design/rembrandt-in-a-red-beret-dispute.html