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Van Gogh painting sells for $40m
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| May 3, 2006
Posted on 05/03/2006 11:52:04 AM PDT by Republicanprofessor
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To: Republicanprofessor
It's nice to know that someone's got that much money to pay for an old picture. (sarc)
To: Republicanprofessor
here she is:
As much as I want a painting by a legend, i think I'd have to pass on this one.
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posted on
05/03/2006 11:54:19 AM PDT
by
tfecw
(It's for the children)
To: Republicanprofessor
Obligatory picture:
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posted on
05/03/2006 11:54:50 AM PDT
by
mathprof
To: Republicanprofessor
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posted on
05/03/2006 11:55:24 AM PDT
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
To: Republicanprofessor
I know drunks who can paint better.
To: mathprof
Thanks for that image. I cannot seem to copy images well from articles, and I was still searching for a decent one to post when you beat me to it.
Here's the one of Dora Maar by Picasso mentioned in the same article and expected to catch about $50 million.
To: Republicanprofessor
Was it a painting of an apple? A vase of flowers? Or an image of a person that doesn't resemble a real person?
Boy, I'd love to have 40 mil to to blow on such frivolity.
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posted on
05/03/2006 11:58:16 AM PDT
by
jla
To: Sam Cree; Liz; Joe 6-pack; woofie; vannrox; giotto; iceskater; Conspiracy Guy; Dolphy; ...
Art Ping.
A busy day for good art stories (and time to post them). Let Sam Cree, Woofie, or me know if you want on or off this ping list.
To: Republicanprofessor
The painting was created while the artist recovered at an asylum in Provence, France. Who belongs in an asylum, van Gogh or the insecure status seekers who shell out millions for like paintings I can see hanging in any grade school hallway.
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posted on
05/03/2006 12:00:58 PM PDT
by
jla
To: lilylangtree
The emperor has no clothes.
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posted on
05/03/2006 12:01:44 PM PDT
by
SENTINEL
(USMC GWI (MY GOD IS GOD, ROCKCHUCKER !!))
To: Republicanprofessor
Speaking of "art", and money:
I don't have 40 million, but I'd pay anyone $67.35 and a couple of twelve packs to haul the rusting hulk of post-industrial waste, known as the Serra Sculpture out of downtown St. Louis.
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posted on
05/03/2006 12:02:48 PM PDT
by
EyeGuy
To: connectthedots
I know drunks who can paint better. lol...oh, a Pollack fan, eh?
To: connectthedots
I know drunks who can paint better.
Rembrandt he is not.
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posted on
05/03/2006 12:06:11 PM PDT
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
To: Dark Skies
Actually, i kinda like that one. Of course i wouldn't pay more than 40 bucks for it. And at 40 bucks, it'd have to come with a nice frame.
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05/03/2006 12:07:07 PM PDT
by
tfecw
(It's for the children)
To: Republicanprofessor
Here's another portrait of Dora,
and what she really looked like.
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05/03/2006 12:07:44 PM PDT
by
cloud8
(perkele!)
To: Republicanprofessor
Once upon a time,
artists were able to paint
really cool women . . .
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To: jla
"Boy, I'd love to have 40 mil to to blow on such frivolity."
Frivolity would be spending $40m on something that will depreciate over time. That painting is an investment.
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posted on
05/03/2006 12:11:10 PM PDT
by
LIConFem
(A fronte praecipitium, a tergo lupi.)
To: cloud8
Hate to say it, but the painting is prettier.
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