In 2016, an antiques collector purchased a painting titled Elimar at a garage sale in Minnesota, believing it to be a lost work by Vincent van Gogh. The artwork depicts a fisherman by the sea and was initially presented to the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam for authentication. However, the museum dismissed the claim based on 'stylistic features'.

In 2019, LMI Group International acquired the painting and conducted a four-year, $30,000 investigation combining traditional connoisseurship with data science methods. Their research highlighted similarities in palette, composition, materials, and handwriting to Van Gogh's later works. They also noted that Van Gogh often copied artworks he admired, suggesting Elimar was based on a painting by Danish realist Michael Ancher. Additionally, a DNA test found a strand of hair embedded in the painting's surface belonged to a man.

Despite these findings, the Van Gogh Museum maintains that Elimar is not an authentic Van Gogh. LMI Group International, a data science company specializing in the market release of major orphaned artworks, asserts the painting's value to be at least $15 million. As of now, Elimar remains the only project listed on the firm's website.