New Delhi, March 30 -- A woman from Pennsylvania may have struck gold after buying a charcoal drawing for just $12 (around Rs.1,000). The piece could be an original work by famous French impressionist artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. The piece could fetch anywhere from six to seven figures, potentially worth crores in Indian rupees.

Heidi Markow, who owns Salvage Goods Antiques in Easton, Pennsylvania, found the artwork at a collector's auction in Montgomery County in January. While exploring items with her partner and son, she immediately felt drawn to the 17.5-by-16.5-inch drawing of a woman.

"I didn't know what it was, I just knew that I wanted it," she told ABC News.

Markow asked her partner to bid on three items while she browsed fur...