$300 Million Gaugin

[Peter G]

I think this is a new record for a piece of art

 

Not sure

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/qatar/11397078/httpwww.telegraph.co.uknewsworldnewsmiddleeastqatar11397078300m-Gauguin-becomes-most-expensive-work-of-art-of-all-time.html

[Bronty]

yeah the article states as much. thx for sharing

[vodou]

Money is money, but that's one beautiful painting. It could as easily be signed R. Crumb, a lost bigfoot gallery piece, and this place would fall all over itself.

[suspense39]

At 300 million it's so abstract.....nice painting though.

[tth2]

It`s incredible the prices that top pieces are going for now.

 

You can become a billionaire just from selling a few paintings now. In fact, the guy who sold the piece, who has quite a collection remaining, is probably a multi-billionaire on paper now, based on the valuation of this painting.

[RockMyAmadeus]

I think this is a new record for a piece of art

 

Not sure

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/qatar/11397078/httpwww.telegraph.co.uknewsworldnewsmiddleeastqatar11397078300m-Gauguin-becomes-most-expensive-work-of-art-of-all-time.html

 

Could be...the prices for the top two aren't precise.

 

Gauguin is getting quite popular...

[Silver Surfer]

Where is the shake my head emoticon. Sorry but $300M is just outrageous as this price tag is just a reflection of the size of the ego behind the wallet. I'm sure the seller is still doing cart wheels.

[tth2]

The buyer is apparently the government of Qatar.

[suspense39]

The buyer is apparently the government of Qatar.

 

http://news.artnet.com/market/does-qatars-300-million-paul-gauguin-acquisition-hide-a-dark-secret-246607

[Peter G]

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/09/arts/international/at-auction-in-london-jewels-of-the-20th-century.html?_r=1

[Silver Surfer]

Interesting stuff. I wonder how many billions are they prepared to spend to fill up that museum? This price tag just doesn't add up.

[Peter G]

More high sales

 

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-12/twombly-blackboard-work-tops-christie-s-178-million-sale

[Silver Surfer]

Christie's has it valued at 9M pounds, sells for 20 x that amount? Makes you wonder if art sales like this is nothing more than behind the scenes, high stakes money laundering/pay offs.

[suspense39]

Some of it is

[JollyComics]

At 300 million it's so abstract.....nice painting though.

 

 

$300 million for Gaugin.

 

$150 million for Van Gogh (missing ear - incomplete).

[Solar]

Christie's has it valued at 9M pounds, sells for 20 x that amount? Makes you wonder if art sales like this is nothing more than behind the scenes, high stakes money laundering/pay offs.

 

Wait...what sold for 20x its 9MM estimate? The whole sale brought in $178MM unless I'm missing something.

[Silver Surfer]

Christie's has it valued at 9M pounds, sells for 20 x that amount? Makes you wonder if art sales like this is nothing more than behind the scenes, high stakes money laundering/pay offs.

 

Wait...what sold for 20x its 9MM estimate? The whole sale brought in $178MM unless I'm missing something.

 

Sorry I misread the title of the article.

[Peter G]

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/m-picasso-heading-to-nyc-auction/story-fn3dxix6-1227278840456

[Peter G]

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/m-picasso-heading-to-nyc-auction/story-fn3dxix6-1227278840456

 

Picasso's "Les femmes d'Alger," ("The women of Algiers") was last sold at auction for $31.9 million in 1997.

 

http://money.cnn.com/2015/03/25/luxury/picasso-christies-auction-record/index.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fmoney_latest+%28Latest+News%29

[Bronty]

I didn't think I was a fan of that painting, but I followed your link and I have to say, it has wall power even in that small photo.