It depicts a young boy and a female doll standing in front of a glass paneled door, against which many hands are pressed.
[1][2] The painting became the subject of an urban legend and a viral internet meme in February 2000 when it was posted for sale on eBay along with a description implying that it was haunted.
A one-man Stoneham show at the gallery, which included the piece, was reviewed by the art critic at the Los Angeles Times.
Some time after Marley's death, the painting was found at the site of an old brewery by an elderly Californian couple (as stated in their original eBay listing).
The buyer, Perception Gallery in Grand Rapids, Michigan, eventually contacted Bill Stoneham and related the unusual story of its auction on eBay and their acquisition of it.
[2][3][4] According to the artist, the object presumed by the eBay sellers to be a gun is actually nothing more than a dry cell battery and a tangle of wires.