As mentioned previously , the cursed painting returns because someone realised there was money to be made from the power of evil:

Now it is being offered on eBay with bids nearing £1,000. Half of the net sale will be donated to charity.

The framed portrait was for sale at the HARC (Hastings Advice and Representation Centre) charity shop in London Road, St Leonards, with a price tag of £20.

It was bought by a woman who promptly returned it, complaining that the little girl’s eyes seemed to be following her around the room. She told staff at the shop “I never want to see the damned thing again.”

Staff at the shop displayed the picture in the window with a label saying ‘possibly’ cursed. It was bought by another woman, Zoe Elliott-Brown, from St Leonards, but she too returned it saying she could not live with it. Staff put the painting back in the window with a label saying ‘She’s back! Sold twice and returned twice. Are you brave enough?’

Zoe decided to re-buy the painting and has now put it up on auction with bids standing at £940 at the time of writing this. It was being advertised on the same page as other ‘haunted’ painting, a Stone Age rock and an Egyptian Ushabti statue.

HARC charity in Hastings will receive 50% of net profits from its sale.

Here is the eBay listing. Don’t forget, a cut of the sale goes to charity, so good will win out eventually. Until the curse strikes the new owners.

And if anyone is curious, here are the Stone Age rock (you can tell the age from material, probably) and the ushabti. I can neither confirm or deny that they are sources of bowel-liquidising evil. The same cannot be said for this cursed painting:

Victorian artwork extremely morbid in nature. 3 children having a funeral for their dead cat. I do not know if this is a painting? Litho? Or what. I also do not know if under matting its signed? I purchased this as a cursed Object from a old gypsy man that was a friend of my grandfather’s back when I first started cleansing homes in 1963. I have enjoyed it and decided to pass it along for someone else to love. I have blessed it but it has a very heavy aura. This piece is shrouded in mystery. Sometimes their faces look sad, other times very sinister. There has been times when I was scrying, the mirror hung next to it, and I swear the children moved. Nothing bad has ever come from it. If you want I’m more than happy to bless it again before shipping. In the off chance I’m also willing to remove the blessing but AT YOUR OWN RISK. I am not responsible for mishandling of this cursed Object. Please be aware of what you are buying. Art wise its extremely beautiful.