Posted on 02/03/2022 5:11:41 PM PST by BenLurkin
The 410-pound Castello CUBE had its own security detail. Artist Niclas Castello made it out of 24-carat gold. The cube, which took more than 4,500 hours of work to create, is reportedly worth $11.7 million.
Castello hyped up New Yorkers and tourists alike before the presentation with a truck displaying the cube’s coordinates. It also served as promotion for the Castello Coin, an NFT set to launch later in February
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Will be stolen!
Nelson~
What could possibly go wrong?
I hope it is taken in broad daylight by a BLM gang.
I wonder how many teeth you can make out of it
The $11 million doesn’t seem like much money any more. There are many houses, yachts, and paintings that go for ten times as much, or more.
6560 ounces of gold? Where did he come up with that much?
Just checked my bottom dresser drawer...
It didn't get taken from me...
Haha, the "art" is worth nothing. Spot is $11.9 million. He wants $11.7 million.
“Where did he come up with that much?”
Probably from you and me through some NEA grant.
410 pounds, 12 troy ounces per pound = 4920 troy ounces,
4920 x $1,800 per troy ounce = $8,856,000 gold value.
Banacek will find it if stolen......
Humm. I am suspicious it is Gold foil pasted over a block of tungsten!
(You can say what ever you want about the inside.)
Like you, I suspect it is not what they claim it is.
Used to enjoy George Pepperdine in that role. And the surprise at the end.
They are so lucky that DA Bragg will not prosecute theft over $11.69 million.
-PJ
He is like the anti-Hunter Biden. Biden takes something worthless and sells it for hundreds of thousands more. Castello takes something valuable and sells it for hundreds of thousands less.
I just now noticed this, I should have reviewed it first.
Peppard. George Peppard.
I have to turn off this auto spell thing!
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