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  • #16
    Re: What is the most expensive piece of art - ever?

    Some better uses for $120,000,000: a.) a public hospital; b.) a contribution to curing cancer; c.) a public university, especially in engineering and in the sciences; d.) public housing projects, especially in San Francisco and in Vancouver; e.) public power plants such as a hydro-electric dam on the Fraser River, east of Mission/Abbottsford, and Chilliwack, BC; f.) maybe a few new atomic power plants, some new coal-fired power plants, or a few new natural gas-fired power plants in California and British Columbia; g.) a donation to begin full national health insurance in America; h.) funding an effort to lower the rate of infant mortality in Mississippi; i.) expanding Canada's Medicare Program to adequately cover British Columbians, just like the rest of Canadians are covered now; j.) running the drug dealers and Hell's Angels out of British Columbia; k.) drilling for oil up and down the West Coast of North America, especially offshore of Los Angeles; l.) improving the roads in British Columbia and doubling the speed limits, everywhere; m.) develop British Columbia's lignite coal beds; n.) to drill the oil in the Peace River District near Ft. St. John and Dawson Creek; o.) fund another water de-salinization plant in San Diego/Tijuana; p.) stock the food banks with food; q.) approve and service more land quicker, for affordable homes on large lots; r.) build water aqueducts in California; s.) construct a bridge between Vancouver and Victoria; t.) hiring more than just one doctor for general practice in Victoria; u.) opening public medical clinics in Victoria and throughout British Columbia; v.) getting new leadership & new thinking in the Legislature in B.C.

    LEAN FORWARD
    Last edited by Starving Steve; May 04, 2012, 12:22 PM.

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    • #17
      Re: What is the most expensive piece of art - ever?

      The Scream ... and The Smile

      The smile 2.jpg

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      • #18
        Re: What is the most expensive piece of art - ever?

        "Art is making something out of nothing and selling it to someone."

        Frank Zappa

        Out of context, it seems cynical, but Zappa was anything but.

        http://wiki.killuglyradio.com/wiki/F..._February_1994

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        • #19
          Re: What is the most expensive piece of art - ever?

          If I had the disposable cash from the sale of such a painting I'd dump half of it into a hybrid combination of:

          http://ycombinator.com/

          and

          http://www.techshop.ws/

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          • #20
            Re: What is the most expensive piece of art - ever?

            Originally posted by FRED View Post
            A Pablo Picasso story from the Village Voice:


            Some guy told Picasso he’d pay him to draw a picture on a napkin. Picasso whipped out a pen and banged out a sketch, handed it to the guy, and said, “One million dollars, please.”


            “A million dollars?” the guy exclaimed. “That only took you thirty seconds!”


            “Yes,” said Picasso. “But it took me fifty years to learn how to draw that in thirty seconds."
            I tell customers something similar when I repair their broken wiring in minutes and hand them the bill. Same applies to most any profession. I read once that no man is worth more from the neck down than $1 hour. Its what's upstairs that accounts for the rest.

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            • #21
              Re: What is the most expensive piece of art - ever?

              With some brand name art I wonder if the relationship is a lot like shoes.

              Nike shoes sell for $200-300 dollars.

              ROUGHLY comparable(in my mind) shoes can be purchased for $40-50, but lacking the "swoosh" brand.

              I wonder what value would be placed on a painting by a brand name artist if the buyer pool didn't know an artistic brand name was attached to it?

              Anyone familiar with Damien Hurst?

              As a living artist I wonder if he represents the art world's answer to property bubble, education cost bubble, credit bubble?

              http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_the_Love_of_God

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              • #22
                Re: What is the most expensive piece of art - ever?

                Originally posted by flintlock
                I read once that no man is worth more from the neck down than $1 hour.
                Tell that to those on the donor waiting lists...

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                • #23
                  Re: What is the most expensive piece of art - ever?

                  Not everyone would include classic cars as "art".

                  But many millions who've never stepped foot in an art museum or gallery but have been to car shows would disagree.

                  http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/mo...-expensive-car

                  IIRC, there was a classic/collectible car value bubble in the very late 80's, possibly driven in part by Japan's bubble at the time.

                  Once again IIRC one of these rare Ferrari GTOs with one of the better racing pedigrees sold for a ridiculous $16 million or so at the time(I think to a Japanese buyer). OFF the CHARTS compared to everything else at the time.

                  I'm pretty sure the collectible/classic car market nosedived within 12-18 months and didn't recover until the onset of the tech/.bomb bubble.

                  Maybe Ferrari GTO values(the original, not the 80's money spinner) should be added by Bart and Finster with their own chart?

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                  • #24
                    Re: What is the most expensive piece of art - ever?

                    Thanks. Will add to my reading list.

                    Originally posted by dcarrigg View Post
                    If you're ever in the mind to read a good book on being an artist, selling art, and why not to go to art school (as well as how art integrates with society, economics and politics), I'd recommend Dave Hickey's Air Guitar.

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                    • #25
                      Re: What is the most expensive piece of art - ever?

                      Originally posted by lakedaemonian View Post
                      ...
                      Maybe Ferrari GTO values(the original, not the 80's money spinner) should be added by Bart and Finster with their own chart?
                      Even a log chart would be ultra parabolic. ;-)



                      1962 Ferrari 250 GTO, original cost $18,000 (equivalent to $875k in gold today)

                      1987 price - $1.6 million
                      1989 price - $14.6 million (peak for decades)
                      1994 price - $3.4 million
                      2008 price - $31.4 million
                      2012 price - $35 million





                      http://www.NowAndTheFuture.com

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