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Edvard Munch's Painting (the scream) Sells For $119.9 Million, Sets A World Record

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  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 33,244 ✭✭✭✭✭
    i believe it is executed in crayon


    oooops... it's in pastels
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  • GoldbullyGoldbully Posts: 17,461 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • Bayard1908Bayard1908 Posts: 4,054 ✭✭✭✭
    While I'm rarely impressed by artworks that sell for big money, this is a work that I've always respected. I didn't know any of these were in private hands. There are several versions in the Munch Museum in Oslo.
  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,393 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I like that painting. Weren't there several versions??
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  • Bayard1908Bayard1908 Posts: 4,054 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I like that painting. Weren't there several versions?? >>



    I went to the Munch Museum many years ago. My recollection is that there were at least three on display. I believe there is at least one more in Oslo's National Gallery.
  • yellowkidyellowkid Posts: 5,486 ✭
    One man's 119 million is another man $1000, it's all relative.
  • TURBOTURBO Posts: 494 ✭✭✭
    one of my favorites.
  • keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,507 ✭✭✭✭✭
    5 different versions. This was the only one in private hands and this one has the most vibrant colors of all the versions. I was the under bidder. image
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  • commoncents05commoncents05 Posts: 10,088 ✭✭✭
    I'll keep my $120 Million and just take this $23 copy. Link.

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  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,393 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I bought the tie - good enough for me. image
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  • seateddimeseateddime Posts: 6,169 ✭✭✭
    what's $120 million between friends......
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  • JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,847 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It is a fantastic piece and treasure. MJ
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  • droopyddroopyd Posts: 5,381 ✭✭✭
    Pre-auction estimate was "only" $80 million, but as they say it's the second-most famous painting in the world (after the Mona Lisa).
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  • goldengolden Posts: 9,667 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Imagine how many great coins you could buy for that amount!
  • LanceNewmanOCCLanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I'll keep my $120 Million and just take this $23 copy. Link.

    -Paul >>



    i would almost consider it but 11" x 14", yuck

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    $120 mil is pretty good for that one, not nearly close to the top, but iconic to be sure
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  • Dennis88Dennis88 Posts: 5,797 ✭✭✭
    I'll settle for a coffee mug...

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  • EagleEyeEagleEye Posts: 7,677 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • ShortgapbobShortgapbob Posts: 2,332 ✭✭✭
    The geocaching trackable in the OP is cool!
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  • CoinosaurusCoinosaurus Posts: 9,631 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Man, you could buy a lot of coin for $120M.

    I think the $120M is nuts, but conversely, most of our spouses think what we spend on coins is nuts.
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  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I hope it wasn't a Chinese copy.
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  • OffMetalOffMetal Posts: 1,684 ✭
    12 minutes of bidding at $1 million increments

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  • magikbillymagikbilly Posts: 6,780 ✭
    I am glad to see this image

    Eric
  • LanceNewmanOCCLanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>12 minutes of bidding at $1 million increments

    Ben >>



    thanks for the link
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,238 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Given a choice, I'd rather have the money.

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  • droopyddroopyd Posts: 5,381 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Given a choice, I'd rather have the money. >>



    It reminds me of the old "Nancy" cartoon where Nancy asks her aunt for money to buy an elephant.

    Aunt: "What would you do with an elephant?"

    Nancy: "Oh, I don't want an elephant. I just want enough money to buy one."
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  • lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,408 ✭✭✭
    coins wouldn't even cross my mind with that much scratch...i'd be too busy shall we say
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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,365 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>coins wouldn't even cross my mind with that much scratch...i'd be too busy shall we say >>



    Same here. And on a side note, it wouldn't be so bad being a Munch kin.
  • 7Jaguars7Jaguars Posts: 7,485 ✭✭✭✭✭
    2nd most famous painting? NOT! What about the many many Van Gogh's? What about any of the many Monet's? To name a few hoards of examples.

    IMO, ridiculous, but who cares what we think?
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  • JustlookingJustlooking Posts: 2,895 ✭
    This painting is a cultural icon. Sure, other paintings are just as famous, but they're in museums and not likely to come up for sale.

    That is a lotta dough.
    Let's try not to get upset.
  • bosco5041bosco5041 Posts: 1,303 ✭
    Correct me if I'm wrong, but the entire Louis Eliasburg collection did not bring near that much money if my memory is correct although it might now.
  • TrimeTrime Posts: 1,863 ✭✭✭
    I have needed this piece to complete my EM registry set. Once purchased I had established my position as all time EM and flipped it for 2 Picasso Blue period pieces which is my new passion.
    Once a collector......
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  • 7Jaguars7Jaguars Posts: 7,485 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hmmm, isn't the Van Gogh purple flowers, or whatever it's called in private hands and sold for about 150 mill?
    A far more significant piece, absolutely, than this and not just my opinion. Also many, many Monets in private hands and most would consider far more significant (other than price) to repeat myself.
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  • DrBusterDrBuster Posts: 5,409 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I figured it would top 100mil. Love to see the art auction action.

    I'll sell anybody here one of my works for a fraction of the cost of that!
  • DrBusterDrBuster Posts: 5,409 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Hmmm, isn't the Van Gogh purple flowers, or whatever it's called in private hands and sold for about 150 mill?
    A far more significant piece, absolutely, than this and not just my opinion. Also many, many Monets in private hands and most would consider far more significant (other than price) to repeat myself. >>



    There are a few that have sold for more than the Munch outside of auctions. I believe the Pollack that David Geffen bought is still the highest price ever for a private sale.

    Scratch that, a Cezanne sold to the Royal Family of Qatar at an estimated 250-300mil last year. Until then the Pollack was tops.

    Big ol list
  • 2ndCharter2ndCharter Posts: 1,660 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm surprised more Forum members didn't bid. After all, above $1,000,000, their buyers charge is only 12%.

    On the other hand, on the first $50,000, it's 25% so I'm sure a lot of Forum members boycotted the auction.

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  • ebaytraderebaytrader Posts: 3,312 ✭✭✭
    A wonderful example of how under priced superb rare coins are in the collector market.
  • JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,847 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I'm surprised more Forum members didn't bid. After all, above $1,000,000, their buyers charge is only 12%.

    On the other hand, on the first $50,000, it's 25% so I'm sure a lot of Forum members boycotted the auction. >>



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  • WestySteveWestySteve Posts: 567 ✭✭✭
    I can't imagine handling that thing. You know...like being the guy in charge of packing it up for shipment and stuff. I think my hands would shake too much for fear of ripping it.
  • JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,847 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I can't imagine handling that thing. You know...like being the guy in charge of packing it up for shipment and stuff. I think my hands would shake too much for fear of ripping it. >>



    Steve Wynn accidentally punctured a $139 million Picasso while showing it to guests in his office. Ouch. MJ
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  • astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I really like this piece, I was first introduced to it in college in a psych class (probably like most psych classes). A few weeks ago I was discussing it in an elective class I teach called "The Art of Pharmacokinetics" using it to illustrate the anguish most students feel about applied mathematics. The students will get a kick out of the sale.

    I would prefer to pay a few hundred for a nice reproduction and pick up a few nice double dimes with the balance ... and then maybe buy a small country. image
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  • astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>I can't imagine handling that thing. You know...like being the guy in charge of packing it up for shipment and stuff. I think my hands would shake too much for fear of ripping it. >>



    Steve Wynn accidentally punctured a $139 million Picasso while showing it to guests in his office. Ouch. MJ >>

    I discovered that the cleaning staff accidentally punctured one of the paintings in my office and I was mortified. Oh ... yeah ... not quite worth the same as a Picasso, but the pain was still there.
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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I never really liked this painting... and do not understand the fascination with it. However, for those that enjoy it, fine. It does seem a lot of money for it though. Cheers, RickO
  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,365 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I'm surprised more Forum members didn't bid. After all, above $1,000,000, their buyers charge is only 12%.

    On the other hand, on the first $50,000, it's 25% so I'm sure a lot of Forum members boycotted the auction. >>


    It wasn't boycotting. We valet parking guys just got there too late.
  • droopyddroopyd Posts: 5,381 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I can't imagine handling that thing. You know...like being the guy in charge of packing it up for shipment and stuff. I think my hands would shake too much for fear of ripping it. >>



    Maybe PCGS should slab paintings and other fine art image
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  • JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,847 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I really like this piece, I was first introduced to it in college in a psych class (probably like most psych classes). A few weeks ago I was discussing it in an elective class I teach called "The Art of Pharmacokinetics" using it to illustrate the anguish most students feel about applied mathematics. The students will get a kick out of the sale.

    I would prefer to pay a few hundred for a nice reproduction and pick up a few nice double dimes with the balance ... and then maybe buy a small country. image >>



    If somebody said to me here is 120 million to spend on one single item that you had to either hang on a wall or keep in a safe deposit box I would have honestly picked this piece. Iconic and mesmerizing. MJ
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  • lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,408 ✭✭✭
    oddman out as always
    give me a rockwell or michael angelo any ol day
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  • LanceNewmanOCCLanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Maybe PCGS should slab paintings and other fine art image >>


    that is probably the next evolution in slab increase size ><

    the last one i remember seeing is one the size of an ipad image
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  • EagleEyeEagleEye Posts: 7,677 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It is not even a painting, it is a pastel.

    Edvard, could have done it in 1/2 an hour, then written a neat story about the blood red sky on the back for effect. Charged 50 francs for the work, maybe.
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  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,393 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Art dealer friend was telling me he shipped a $2 million dollar painting to Texas a few years ago.

    He's not sure why, but he decided to ship the painting in a crate seperate from the frame.

    Some idiot put the tine of a forklift through the middle of the frame.

    More than one way to damage a painting. image
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  • JamesMurrayJamesMurray Posts: 4,036 ✭


    << <i>Given a choice, I'd rather have the money. >>



    image Gotta have a screw loose to spend that kind of money on a poorly done cartoon.

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