article_snippet.sent: Little is known about where they were until they surfaced at an estate sale in the late 1980s.
article_snippet.sent: Each painting was tipped to fetch $9,000 - around £6,000 - at Heritage Auctions in Beverly Hills, California, but ended up selling for an enormous combined total of £35,000 to an unnamed buyer.
highlights_snippet.sent: Two rare paintings by art director Jack Martin Smith have sold for £35,000 .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Current owner bought paintings for small amount at estate sale in 1980s .