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Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
I saw that headline earlier while at the gym. My jaw dropped. Wow is right. Goodness. Thomas Crown would've just stole it. ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan "Once there was only dark. If you ask me, light is winning." ~Rust Cohle | |||
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| Stop Talking, Start Doing |
Was this an individual or a group purchase? How rich does one need to be to drop $450M on a painting? I’d need at least $30B to drop that kind of cash. And ya know, you can’t put that in a house that’s worth less than $450M, either. It’s like those idiots that put rims on their rides that cost more than the car. Big faux pas. _______________ Mind. Over. Matter. | |||
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Waiting for Hachiko |
Old DaVinci had a knack for making money. 美しい犬 | |||
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I wish I found it originally when they thought it wasn't a da vinci... can't remember exact amount but it was like 58 to 68 dollars in the 1950's... wow 450 million... | |||
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| Oriental Redneck |
Almost half a freaking BILLION dollars for a painting. Just staggering! Q | |||
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I heard in one of the news reports on this, that only some 20 DaVinci paintings still exist. I wonder how many he did that have disappeared over the centuries? -------------------------- Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. -- H L Mencken I always prefer reality when I can figure out what it is. -- JALLEN 10/18/18 | |||
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| Oriental Redneck |
The actual hammer price was $400 million. The extra $50 million was the fee (apparently 12.5% buyer's fee).  https://www.nytimes.com/2017/1...risties-auction.html Q | |||
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Step by step walk the thousand mile road |
JESUS CHRIST!! That's a lot of money. Nice is overrated "It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018 | |||
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Ammoholic |
I read it was also sold a few years back for under $10k, then restored. That's a hell of a lot of profit. Must of had xzibit pimp their de Vinci. Jesse Sic Semper Tyrannis | |||
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| Step by step walk the thousand mile road |
$450M? You'd think he painted the Last Supper and the bleedin' Mona Lisa! Nice is overrated "It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018 | |||
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| Paddle your own canoe  |
Wow, that would have taken most of my spare cash!  | |||
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| stupid beyond all belief  |
I'm a heathen, never understood why one would pay so much for art. BBB has paintings for 50 bucks... What man is a man that does not make the world better. -Balian of Ibelin Only boring people get bored. - Ruth Burke | |||
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Fortified with Sleestak |
That's a lot of dogs playing poker! I have the heart of a lion.......and a lifetime ban from the Toronto Zoo.- Unknown | |||
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| No ethanol! |
Local news report I heard last night said $59 - when they had thought it was a fake. ------------------ The plural of anecdote is not data. -Frank Kotsonis | |||
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Info Guru |
'Fess up Q, you obtained this so it could be the next SigForum Karma!!  “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” - John Adams | |||
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| Awaits his CUT of choice |
My wife and I watched it live on Facebook last night. Bidding started at 75 mil. There were a couple of big jumps from 270 - 300 and 380 - 400 mil. It was crazy. | |||
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Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici |
There are still some justifiable concerns as to whether it was completed by his own hand. _________________________ NRA Endowment Member _________________________ "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." -- C.S. Lewis | |||
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Hang it next to the velvet elvis. ____________________________________________________ The butcher with the sharpest knife has the warmest heart. | |||
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