Posted on 11/19/2023 11:25:41 AM PST by nickcarraway
A former New York City dog walker thought he was going to get a $10 million payday when a painting he’d come to own by a famous artist — whose works sell for millions of dollars — went to auction this week.
The retiree, who is living off Social Security, was devastated when the painting sold for a meager $40,000. Mark Herman, 68, of Manhattan, said he had a vision while on psychedelic mushrooms that the painting by the late abstract artist Chuck Close would be worth $10 million.
But that drug-induced dream crumbled as he watched the work sell for a fraction of that in Dallas on Tuesday, the New York Times reported. “I’m really disappointed,” he admitted. “But then, I think, if I had a lot of money it would put a lot of pressure on me.
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40k?! Not bad for a dog walker. That’s 2-3 years of walking a dog! Suck it up buttercup and lay off the shrooms.
Only worth $10 million youbsay?
Why?
Maybe he should start walking Hunter Biden’s dogs...
He’s already going to pull down $40,000. If I had somebody give me 40 grand for walking a dog I’d be pretty happy, because after taxes that’s nearly $10.43.
I would pay somebody $10 to take that painting away from me.
What is it supposed to be?
I think if you use imagination, you see what looks like a woman’s nipple. But is that really what it is? Is this “art” just an amorphous blob of colors, and we all just see what we want to see?
$40,000 for that? I wouldn’t pay $40.00 for that.
Shudda bought a HUNTER
Will Leticia James charge him with fraud for his over-valuation of the painting? Imagine if tax law was such that he had to pay taxes on unrealized capital gains.
Yeah, it’d be nice to be able to appraise your own art like that.
I think the artist was on ‘shrooms, too.
No reserve?
That’s messed up
Herman, 68, of Manhattan, said he had a vision while on psychedelic mushrooms that the painting by the late abstract artist Chuck Close would be worth $10 million.
Okie dookie
It would be worth much more if it were in Chuck Close’s well-known style.
This is what happens when he eats bunion pads thinking they're mushrooms.
Smell is one thing but he needs to get a new eyeglass prescription.
Looks like my ex.
Now if you are talking art, here's some art for you...
Chuck, is that the artists name or his method of producing said art?
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