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1932 Picasso painting sells for $106,482,500 ... a record for an auction ...
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...what is the auction record for a coin?
The auction of the 1932 Picasso painting "Nude, Green leaves & Bust," was at Christie's. Other paintings have reportedly sold for more, but not at auction.
The previous owner of the Picasso had bought it from Picasso's dealers in the 1950's. I'll bet they made quite a profit!
(Edited to correct the amount in the title.)
The auction of the 1932 Picasso painting "Nude, Green leaves & Bust," was at Christie's. Other paintings have reportedly sold for more, but not at auction.
The previous owner of the Picasso had bought it from Picasso's dealers in the 1950's. I'll bet they made quite a profit!
(Edited to correct the amount in the title.)
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Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
<< <i>...what is the auction record for a coin?
The auction of the 1932 Picasso painting "Nude, Green leaves & Bust," was at Christie's. Other paintings have reportedly sold for more, but not at auction.
The previous owner of the Picasso had bought it from Picasso's dealers in the 1950's. I'll bet they made quite a profit! >>
I'm guessing you have some punctuation wrong in that number. I would think the record for an auction would be much higher than 100 grand.
$106 Million.
I would take a common-date wheat cent in XF over that painting. I could imagine so many things (read: coins) that I would rather have for that money.
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$106 Million. >>
I guess I'm not a conaseur.........That just doesn't even look appealing to me. I think a 6 year old with a box of crayons could come with something better than that.
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
But then ...
I'm not a fan of post-1930 coins either, the 1933 Double Eagle included.
And coins have two sides.... if tired of one, you can flip it (no pun) and look at the other side. I bet this Picasso doesn't have a whole additional picture on the back.... something to think about.
Ogres have layers.
Onions have layers.
Crust might have layers.
<< <i>The title is wrong too. It says leaves. >>
Ya gotta look at the WHOLE painting.
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<< <i>The title is wrong too. It says leaves. >>
Ya gotta look at the WHOLE painting. >>
Oh, now I get it!!!
As for the green plant, it appears to be growing from Marie-Therese's side. She's transformed into the ancient Greek nymph Daphne, who morphed into a laurel tree in order to escape the grasping clutches of Apollo. And that, of course, leaves the artist in the grandiose role of Olympian god of truth, light and art.
An image of the full painting is here.
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<< <i>I was the low bidder on that painting - sniped in the last seconds. >>
Crap, I was hoping to snag the painting for a cool 75 million, but when it hit 75,000,001 I had to bow out
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<< <i>I am happy just working toward a total net worth of 5 million. >>
I'm working toward that myself - just $4,983,475 left to get there!
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<< <i>The question is.......how much money would you have to have before you thought nothing of dropping $100M on a painting? >>
Im guessing a 100x over
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Not $100 million caliber, but for those who are interested in seeing what an expensive auction is like: A Rothko. Those nods and waves are quite expensive there!
Someday when I'm dead and gone I'd love to see any of my work fetch even 5% of that.
a common sentiment with regard to Cubism, Abstract Expressionism, Color Field painting etc. As many times as I have heard such I don't ever recall a painting by 6 year old
being widely acclaimed and much sought after. Of course such art is not everyone's cup of tea but my guess is that most people of similar sentiment as above have never studied intimately
the paintings they deride. To be fair there is a lot of art I despise/detest so I can understand the bewilderment often hostility toward abstract art though Picasso is not abstract art.
As much as I love Picasso the $100M painting is quite far from a masterpiece, rather a love token really and the buyer was likely more impressed by the painter than the painting.
full disclosure: my office is littered with the below pictures much to the consternation of my boss...
if interested the above is smattering of Gorky, Braque, Picasso, de Kooning, Kandinsky, Pollock and Modigliani. I have spent countless hours
in museums looking at these pictures.
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$106 Million. >>
That's what I call art appreciation. Although I did know a guy who had a Picasso replica hanging in his living room. I was afraid to tell him it's been hanging upside-down for nine years.
<< <i>The previous owner of the Picasso had bought it from Picasso's dealers in the 1950's. I'll bet they made quite a profit! >>
I'll bet he's really, really, old too!
The name is LEE!
of the 60's, mind altering drugs, and nonsense.
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<< <i>The previous owner of the Picasso had bought it from Picasso's dealers in the 1950's. I'll bet they made quite a profit! >>
I'll bet he's really, really, old too! >>
........if he's not already dead.
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