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Next up for auction...how much for this painting?
October 15, 2024, 05:53 PM
V-TailNext up for auction...how much for this painting?
quote:
Originally posted by egregore:
I'm more of a "Dogs Playing Poker" person.
Elvis on velvet for me.
הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים October 15, 2024, 05:54 PM
chellim1quote:
US$50 million.
In that case, I think I could make the room to hang it in my garage.
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-rduckwor October 16, 2024, 10:53 AM
joel9507Yeah, I'm with you all on this one. I saw an article about the painting and the auction estimate and my reaction was, essentially, what HRK posted.
When they talk about the shrinking value of a dollar, from now on I'm thinking .... it's only worth 1/50,000,000th of
that painting!?!?!
October 16, 2024, 11:28 AM
SigSauerP226Wow guess it’s the story and artist driving the price up. I guess I could see hanging something like this in a Jay Leno type garage, otherwise for me meh. Sure if I could have it just to sell it to make the money, I’d take it, but simply as far as the painting itself, not my thing. Let’s just say if a no name artist offered to paint the exact thing today for just the cost of supplies, I’d pass.
...Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel, was just a freight train coming your way... October 16, 2024, 01:24 PM
kkinaSimilar work by Edward Hopper (1882-1967):
November 19, 2024, 06:05 PM
kkinaThe auction for this iconic American masterpiece starts in an hour. Anyone making a bid?
Christie's Live Auction Make a bidNovember 19, 2024, 07:24 PM
pace40Opening bid $35,000,000.00
Winning bid $59,000,000.00
Just missed it...
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Pace
November 19, 2024, 07:24 PM
kkinaSold for $59,000,000. Dang, we should have done a group buy.
November 19, 2024, 07:29 PM
parabellumIf we hanged a few people involved in these scams, the bullshit would cease.
Yes, I'm serious as I can be. The bullshit really needs to stop and if we strung up a few of these "artists" and buyers and museum curators, the shit would stop immediately.
Phonies, con artists and scammers make the world a worse place.
November 19, 2024, 09:15 PM
Hamden106The diagonal divide ruins the focus. The left overpowers the right. That blank triangle low right stands out like a sore thumb
No $$$ from me
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November 19, 2024, 10:11 PM
raggedholeI love mid century "Atomic Ranch" architecture.
This evokes a similar style.
Pricing is ridiculous though and suggests that there is something definitely askew in our world.
Just my opinion.
"The more People I meet, the more I like Dogs."