Date of Discovery Bill Stoneham originally painted ‘The Hands Resist Him’ in 1972 and finished it in 1974, but ‘The Hands’ was found in February of 2000 by a brewery owner from California. The couple purchased ‘The Hands’ from eBay for a whopping $1,025. Name Stoneham originally named the painting “The Hands Resist Him” but it is also known to the eBay world as ‘the … [Read more...] about “The Hands Resist Him”