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Two Rothko paintings fetch over $76 million at auction
AFP ^ | November 10, 2014 | Staff

Posted on 11/11/2014 8:06:02 AM PST by C19fan

A pair of paintings by iconic abstract expressionist artist Mark Rothko sold Monday for a whopping $76.5 million, the auction house Sotheby's said.

Rothko's "Untitled," a blue and purple oil painting from 1970 sold for $39.9 million. It was estimated to earn up to $20 million.

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TOPICS: Arts/Photography
KEYWORDS: art; modern; rothko
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To: left that other site

cool coincidence ...my dad too.. was a professional.

the collection of cameras nest to his darkroom was a wonder to behold.

there are still a lot of people who use the large format film cameras even given the price of silver...there days.

I laid off making photographs for well over thirty years before diving back into it about a dozen years ago.


81 posted on 11/11/2014 12:05:17 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill)
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To: HandyDandy

No...I don’t recall the Airshow. It is very probable that all happened the same week though. It just makes sense.

However, YEARS later, I got buzzed by two Blue Angels as I was driving on Rt 128 near Hanscom!

That was one of those days I DIDN’T have my camera!


82 posted on 11/11/2014 12:05:46 PM PST by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: MeshugeMikey

I was cleaning out my Mom’s basement last year and i came across my old enlarger. It was a Vivitar and weighed a ton. I could still smell the developer in the room. You never forget that smell!


83 posted on 11/11/2014 12:08:13 PM PST by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: MeshugeMikey; HandyDandy

Isn’t FR WONDERFUL? :-)


84 posted on 11/11/2014 12:09:03 PM PST by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: 4Runner

“Why is there always ONE poster with arrested psycho-social development on every FR thread?”

My comment was alluding to the popular urine and feces artworks, which were lauded by many. Are you an artiste?


85 posted on 11/11/2014 12:23:58 PM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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To: left that other site

Its a Marvel Indeed!

for years I posted on some forums on a large network many many many forums...

it got fairly old being called a racess every other post when Obie got elected...


86 posted on 11/11/2014 12:26:32 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill)
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To: MeshugeMikey

My handle “Left That Other Site” tells my story! I was hounded off GOPUSA (Supposedly a Conservative site) for dubbing Obama “The Lyin’ King”. that was back in 2009. I joined FR and never looked back.


87 posted on 11/11/2014 12:32:44 PM PST by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: left that other site

I was posting of the D—— Forums...network.. where at one point Mr Ban Dr Laura was a Super Mod.....reeking havoc over ALL the political forums on that network..

I was once banned there for posting an early version of the JESSE JACKSON ace of spades Playing card


88 posted on 11/11/2014 12:42:16 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Ooooooo...naughty YOU! LOL!


89 posted on 11/11/2014 12:51:22 PM PST by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: MeshugeMikey

I have had posts deleted here on FR, but i have never been abused by the mods.


90 posted on 11/11/2014 12:52:40 PM PST by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: martin_fierro

I like that Art.


91 posted on 11/11/2014 1:25:53 PM PST by Slings and Arrows ("Clappin' the Blues (remix)" [slightly NSFW] - http://youtu.be/p9d2iHSfRmE)
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To: C19fan
Priced for masochists. I have seen Rothko's work in person and and when it comes to 2-dimensional art, I'm quite open minded. But I have never understood why anyone would pay so much for his crap, and never will.

It's worth noting that Rothko committed suicide. I think his "art" reflects its general usefulness to mankind. It's hopeless.

92 posted on 11/11/2014 1:26:31 PM PST by Albion Wilde (It is better to offend a human being than to offend God.)
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To: PoloSec
Somebody got robbed!

Somebody made a killing.

93 posted on 11/11/2014 1:35:10 PM PST by ladyjane
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To: C19fan

A product of the untalented, sold by the unscupulous to the unknowing.


94 posted on 11/11/2014 6:26:11 PM PST by Nuocmam
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