Kicker - Rewards of dumpster diving

NICK EICHER, HOST: You’ve heard the expression, one man’s trash is another’s treasure.

Apparently, somebody tossed into a dumpster what might be a million-dollar art collection and a Connecticut business owner is now in possession.

Jared Whipple admits, he’s not really an art expert. He’s a mechanic by trade and a skate-park owner.

A friend of his let him know about the dumpster find and at first he thought the abstract art would go great in that skate park.

But it turns out the work is that of the late abstract artist Francis Hines.

Whipple retrieved hundreds of pieces by Hines including paintings, sculptures and small drawings.

The estimated value may very well be in the millions.

Not bad for a dumpster dive and too nice for the skate park!

It’s The World and Everything in It.

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