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Open this thread and pledge, along with me, to never again complain about a coin's sale price.

keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited May 16, 2019 8:36AM in U.S. Coin Forum

I noticed that a Stainless Steel rabbit sculpture sold for $91 million at Christies. I need an aspirin..........................
https://nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jeff-koons-rabbit-sculpture-sold-record-91-million-n1006281

Al H.

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    JasonGamingJasonGaming Posts: 926 ✭✭✭✭

    Wow.

    Always buying nice toned coins! Searching for a low grade 1873 Arrows DDO Dime and 1842-O Small Date Quarter.

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    HallcoHallco Posts: 3,627 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 16, 2019 9:31AM

    @asheland? Where you at? :D

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    ChrisH821ChrisH821 Posts: 6,339 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @topstuf said:
    Dipped.

    and polished.

    I will say the artist did a good job making it look like a balloon

    Collector, occasional seller

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    291fifth291fifth Posts: 23,945 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It is something the "eight New York critics" will love.

    All glory is fleeting.
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    KudbegudKudbegud Posts: 4,735 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Tech Billionaires need to spend their money or it just clutters up their mansion.


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    Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The third thought that came to me when I saw this auction on the Internet was that 91 Million would have made sure Mr. Hansen would never reach his goal. >:)

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    numbersmannumbersman Posts: 1,039 ✭✭✭✭

    I can get a mylar ballon at my local supermarket ,that looks remarkably similar, for a few dollars less.

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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 45,443 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Insider2 said:
    LOL, with that kind of money I could go down in numismatic history as the dummy who turned the "Super Nova" $20 back to a normal coin. >:)

    Is this the most over-hyped coin in the history of numismatics? :D

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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 27,521 ✭✭✭✭✭

    that might get a green bean :*

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    oldabeintxoldabeintx Posts: 1,638 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Scary. If I saw it at a yard sale I would pay $20 for it., if it were close to Easter. Not the only example of silly money being paid for works of art, including commercial art. Even the recently sold Monet is, in my view, mediocre for a Monet. It's one of many he did as studies of light. Interesting when looked at together, such as at the Art Institute of Chicago, not so much as individual works. Why does all this matter? I can't help but think of the alternative uses for $100m, some of them actually unselfish.

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    dagingerbeastttdagingerbeasttt Posts: 784 ✭✭✭✭

    @johnny9434 said:
    that might get a green bean :*

    Dont forget the seal of eye appeal 😂

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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 27,521 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @dagingerbeasttt said:

    @johnny9434 said:
    that might get a green bean :*

    Dont forget the seal of eye appeal 😂

    omg no we wont ;)

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    HemisphericalHemispherical Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sold for over $20 mil over it’s pre-sale estimate. A lot of high-end advertising was occurring on the billionaire channels.

    All it took was two with deep pockets.

    How tall is that shiny eared logomorpha?

    Without knowing the height of anything in this pic, I’ll hazard maybe 2-3 feet tall?

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DujU0dD5mdQ

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    ifthevamzarockinifthevamzarockin Posts: 8,498 ✭✭✭✭✭

    "How tall is that shiny eared logomorpha?"

    "The playful, stainless steel, 41-inch high rabbit"

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    carabonnaircarabonnair Posts: 1,392 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The work was bought by art dealer Robert Mnuchin, father of Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin.

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    DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I need a bottle of Scotch and a Quart of Wild Turkey to go!

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    david3142david3142 Posts: 3,423 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @carabonnair said:
    The work was bought by art dealer Robert Mnuchin, father of Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin.

    That is misleading. He was bidding on behalf of a client.

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    AotearoaAotearoa Posts: 1,374 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @johnny9434 said:
    that might get a green bean :*

    I was expecting that comment as the first or second after the OP. You guys are getting slow!

    Smitten with DBLCs.

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    HemisphericalHemispherical Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ifthevamzarockin said:
    "How tall is that shiny eared logomorpha?"

    "The playful, stainless steel, 41-inch high rabbit"

    Inches? Need it in moles. :p

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    WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 8,976 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @johnny9434 said:

    that might get a green bean :*

    Yeah, what’s wrong with the consignor? He left a lot of money on the table. >:) LMAO

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    cladkingcladking Posts: 28,350 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The jobs went to China and all we got to show for it is this lousy metal trinket. No pensions, and no t-shirt.

    Tempus fugit.
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    ElcontadorElcontador Posts: 7,422 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 16, 2019 12:53PM

    Keets, I don't complain about the amount for what a particular coin sells. I'll admit, though, sometimes I find it entertaining in a perverse sort of way.

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    mustangmanbobmustangmanbob Posts: 1,890 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'll gladly wait for a Chinese fake on this one, even with a tariff.

    I went to a Chinese restaurant a few days ago, and there was a hand written sign in the window "No tariffs on our meals"

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    maplemanmapleman Posts: 1,052 ✭✭✭✭✭

    "Silly Wabbit"

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    RogerBRogerB Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Add some ordinary rust and you'd really have something !

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    StuartStuart Posts: 9,761 ✭✭✭✭✭

    SMDH & LOL😁


    Stuart

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    dpooledpoole Posts: 5,940 ✭✭✭✭✭

    "It's amazing what some people would rather have than money."
    --Garfield


    Here's a warning parable for coin collectors...



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    GRANDAMGRANDAM Posts: 8,376 ✭✭✭✭✭

    As my wise old grandpappy use to say,,,,,,,,,,

    You can't fix stupid,,,,, :o:o:o

    GrandAm :)
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    WeissWeiss Posts: 9,935 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm a fan of all kinds of art, including some modern art.

    Dad was an art professor, and mom had a master's in fine art. So I grew up with it. I collect it along with coins.

    In my opinion, Jeff Koons is a no-talent hack. The buyer deserves what they got.

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    PocketArtPocketArt Posts: 1,335 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Different hobbies, deeper pockets, and a greater appreciation apparently among a larger, more prominent collector base for leisure activities,.....other than numismatics....apples to oranges.

    Interesting though,...this Rabbit is worth more than the combined value of probably all of the 5 1913 Liberty Head V Nickel's...

    Write up:

    "The playful, stainless steel, 41-inch high rabbit, regarded as one of the most celebrated works of 20th-century art, was sold for more than $20 million over its pre-sale estimate."

    If you had this collector base advocating for the Langbord's '33 Double Eagles during litigation...,they'd be legal to own...

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    ARCOARCO Posts: 4,313 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 16, 2019 4:22PM

    @dpoole said:

    In my opinion, Jeff Koons is a no-talent hack. The buyer deserves what they got.

    In coins just as in art, it is the consensus of what is valuable to the many, that gives anything its monetary worth.

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    ElmhurstElmhurst Posts: 777 ✭✭✭

    I guess "dreck" doesn't apply to modern art.

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    LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,294 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wow - 1 of 3 in the rabbit edition - and the Monet earlier for $100 million wasn't very attractive either.

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    pocketpiececommemspocketpiececommems Posts: 5,748 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm Glad these bidders aren't bidding on the coins I like

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    jedmjedm Posts: 2,944 ✭✭✭✭✭

    To me it's all relative. Those millions may be like a thousand is to me. He's not going to be able to take either the money or the piece of art with him when he leaves here, so until then what difference does it make?

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    ZoinsZoins Posts: 33,910 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 16, 2019 7:54PM

    @FredWeinberg said:
    Surprised there's not one on Alibaba right now
    for $3, plus free shipping.

    Maybe that's why it went for so much.

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    dimebagdimebag Posts: 108 ✭✭

    more money than brains !!!!!!!!!!!

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    yosclimberyosclimber Posts: 4,599 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 16, 2019 9:04PM

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ1SgV21W_E
    Looks like the same art piece is heisted in this upcoming movie.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Koons

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    specialistspecialist Posts: 956 ✭✭✭✭✭

    people forget-it takes brains to make money

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