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Edited Date/Time 1/27/2012 6:12pm
how this is worth $104 million?



Unbelievable what people will pay for something because it is called "art".
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flarider 2/4/2010 8:07pm
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It's worth it because someone is willing to pay that for it

It's like baseball cards...who gives a shit what the book says, it's only worth what someone is willing to pay for it
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jndmx 2/4/2010 8:34pm
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That is one of the most well known pieces of modern sculpture.

Created in the early 60's European postwar existentialist period and one of only 6 pieces ever cast in that style by the artist Giacometti.
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borg 2/4/2010 8:40pm
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flarider wrote:
It's worth it because someone is willing to pay that for it It's like baseball cards...who gives a shit what the book says, it's only worth...
It's worth it because someone is willing to pay that for it

It's like baseball cards...who gives a shit what the book says, it's only worth what someone is willing to pay for it
Word.
Doesn't mean it's rational. But it is what it is. Kind of a free market phenomenon.
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J.F.S 2/5/2010 12:48am
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Art is also usually a good investment, that thing will sell for 150 in five years, many of these high end pieces are bought as investments. If I could make 46 mill in five years without doing much, I´d do it too.

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SteveS 2/5/2010 6:40am
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There's an old fable about emperors and absence of clothes....
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kwhite199 wrote:
how this is worth $104 million? [img]https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/02/04/article-1248644-0825390A000005DC-638_233x608.jpg[/img] Unbelievable what people will pay for something because it is called "art".
how this is worth $104 million?



Unbelievable what people will pay for something because it is called "art".
Does the term more money than brains come to mind?
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flarider 2/5/2010 6:55am
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You're also assuming that $104MM is a lot of money to the buyer
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Goddammit! This always happens. I buy something then I see it somewhere for a lower price!

I got that at Sam's the other day for 120 mil. Now, I'm gonna have to take it back and go get it somewhere else. Where do you get that for 104?



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Imagine what it would have sold for had it not been so corroded..............
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newmann 2/5/2010 7:06am
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Yosmithy needs to get this masterpiece from yesterday to auction pronto!

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Racer92 2/5/2010 7:14am
2/5/2010 7:14am Edited Date/Time 4/17/2016 8:35pm
newmann wrote:
Imagine what it would have sold for had it not been so corroded..............
Get yer Bondo & Devilbiss out and fix that thing up !
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newmann wrote:
Yosmithy needs to get this masterpiece from yesterday to auction pronto! [img]https://farm3.static.flickr.com/2799/4331240122_ffd3a266a1_o.jpg[/img]
Yosmithy needs to get this masterpiece from yesterday to auction pronto!

Thats a Beautiful piece. I find myself moved just viewing it. You can easily see how tormented the artist is. Look at the way the cycle is squating under torque. That is representative of how the artist feels due to the pressure of working for the Man and the angst he feels working in the cooporate world just so he can afford rent food and art supplies. The Taco'd rear wheel tells me that the artist is emotionally damaged. You can tell by the sharp lines of the pencil strokes how angry the artist is. And the way the body is presented in a disjointed fashion tells me this artist is likely on the verge of suicide. In a few years this piece will likely be worth a few mil.
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newmann wrote:
Yosmithy needs to get this masterpiece from yesterday to auction pronto! [img]https://farm3.static.flickr.com/2799/4331240122_ffd3a266a1_o.jpg[/img]
Yosmithy needs to get this masterpiece from yesterday to auction pronto!

dougie wrote:
Thats a Beautiful piece. I find myself moved just viewing it. You can easily see how tormented the artist is. Look at the way the cycle...
Thats a Beautiful piece. I find myself moved just viewing it. You can easily see how tormented the artist is. Look at the way the cycle is squating under torque. That is representative of how the artist feels due to the pressure of working for the Man and the angst he feels working in the cooporate world just so he can afford rent food and art supplies. The Taco'd rear wheel tells me that the artist is emotionally damaged. You can tell by the sharp lines of the pencil strokes how angry the artist is. And the way the body is presented in a disjointed fashion tells me this artist is likely on the verge of suicide. In a few years this piece will likely be worth a few mil.
wow dougie, you sure seen alot more than i did (a stick figure on a stick figure bike)
and if thats worth a few mil, i think i need to start watching my 5 yr old gs drawings alot more, and get him to draw me some mx riders and or bikes.
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fcr 2/5/2010 8:34am
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this thread delivers
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newmann wrote:
Yosmithy needs to get this masterpiece from yesterday to auction pronto! [img]https://farm3.static.flickr.com/2799/4331240122_ffd3a266a1_o.jpg[/img]
Yosmithy needs to get this masterpiece from yesterday to auction pronto!

dougie wrote:
Thats a Beautiful piece. I find myself moved just viewing it. You can easily see how tormented the artist is. Look at the way the cycle...
Thats a Beautiful piece. I find myself moved just viewing it. You can easily see how tormented the artist is. Look at the way the cycle is squating under torque. That is representative of how the artist feels due to the pressure of working for the Man and the angst he feels working in the cooporate world just so he can afford rent food and art supplies. The Taco'd rear wheel tells me that the artist is emotionally damaged. You can tell by the sharp lines of the pencil strokes how angry the artist is. And the way the body is presented in a disjointed fashion tells me this artist is likely on the verge of suicide. In a few years this piece will likely be worth a few mil.
Well done Dougie.
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dougie 2/6/2010 6:29am
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newmann wrote:
Yosmithy needs to get this masterpiece from yesterday to auction pronto! [img]https://farm3.static.flickr.com/2799/4331240122_ffd3a266a1_o.jpg[/img]
Yosmithy needs to get this masterpiece from yesterday to auction pronto!

dougie wrote:
Thats a Beautiful piece. I find myself moved just viewing it. You can easily see how tormented the artist is. Look at the way the cycle...
Thats a Beautiful piece. I find myself moved just viewing it. You can easily see how tormented the artist is. Look at the way the cycle is squating under torque. That is representative of how the artist feels due to the pressure of working for the Man and the angst he feels working in the cooporate world just so he can afford rent food and art supplies. The Taco'd rear wheel tells me that the artist is emotionally damaged. You can tell by the sharp lines of the pencil strokes how angry the artist is. And the way the body is presented in a disjointed fashion tells me this artist is likely on the verge of suicide. In a few years this piece will likely be worth a few mil.
Sandberm wrote:
Well done Dougie.
Smile Thanks

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