Lot 1: Horse and Rider, Leonardo da Vinci’s (Only Surviving Sculpture on Auction)

Invaluable Auctions ^ | October 30, 2019 | Invaluable

[Swordmaker]

If any of you Freepers have a spare $30 to $50 million laying around this may be your only chance to own a genuine, one-of-a-kind, unique (redundant, I know) Leonardo Da Vinci work of art. Opening bid is a mere $11,000,000. . . Pocket change. . . If you can spare the $30 to $50 million final bid plus the 13.5% buyer’s premium that will be charged on top of the final gavel price, not to mention the combined New York State and City Sales Taxes of 8.875%.

[Swordmaker]

Don’t forget to add a modest 10% tithe of your auction winning bid to Freerepublic to support it’s efforts. . . Since you found out about this auction here. . . That should keep FR running for years to come.

[TomServo]

Don’t know about the rest of you but no way I’m buying a statue of a 3 legged horse. Suckers.

[CrazyIvan]

“Don’t know about the rest of you but no way I’m buying a statue of a 3 legged horse. Suckers.”

Just put it next to your Venus de Milo.

[Mariner]

Original Da Vinci, unencumbered, will easily go over $100 million. Even this poor example.

[Beowulf9]

He certainly captured a sense of grace and beauty in this.

[Dr. Sivana]

Don’t know about the rest of you but no way I’m buying a statue of a 3 legged horse. Suckers.

Only a sucker if there isn't a sucker who will pay more down the line. We don't know yet if Wayne Gretzky was a sucker for spending $7 million on an Honus Wagner baseball card.

[Swordmaker]

Original Da Vinci, unencumbered, will easily go over $100 million. Even this poor example.

President Trump could buy it, donate it to the Smithsonian Museum, and the MSM would claim ”Trump buys defective nag by dead white guy, foists junk on public for tax deduction!"

[yesthatjallen]

Laser scan it and you can print 3D models.

No harm will be done to the original.

[A Navy Vet]

Love the jokes written, but I think he is THE most creative person of all time. I can’t fathom how his mind worked.

[russdawg]

Paging Hudson Hawk, what are you doing tonight?

[Red Badger]

Bill Gates will buy it. he’s a Leonardo aficionado...............

[skr]

Tsk tsk, mocking a special needs horse with his therapy human. How low can you go? ;)

I wonder how much the insurance premium is?

[Swordmaker]

I wonder how much the insurance premium is?

If you have to ask, you can’t afford it. It’s cheaper to hire armed security.

[Boogieman]

“one-of-a-kind”

Well, it’s one of a kind until the guy who owns the mold decides to make another copy, then you are out of luck.

[nuconvert]

And the rider has no hands

[Liz]

nationalgeographic.com

Back in 1994, Bill Gates paid $US 30.8 million dollars for the Leonardo Da Vinci manuscript “Codex Leicester”.

The Microsoft cofounder has put the notebook on display at selected museums, allowing visitors a rare glimpse inside Da Vinci’s mind.

The 72 page notebook, containing ideas, drawings and diagrams, was written between 1506 and 1510.

The majority of the Codex Leicester contains Da Vinci’s thoughts on the relationship between the Earth, sun and moon.

(website has images of the Codex)

[bgill]

Must be before he studied the human form. No hands or feet and now way would a rider or horse be in those positions unless a millisecond before a disastrous tumble.

[UnwashedPeasant]

Opening bid $11,000,000.

I tried to submit a bid ($20,000,000), but it makes you register first.

[rfp1234]

And no feet.