Posted on 06/19/2021 3:07:57 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A European collector has bought a 17th century copy of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa painting for 2.9 million euros ($3.4 million), a record for a Mona Lisa reproduction, in an auction at Christie's in Paris on Friday.
Known as the "Hekking Mona Lisa," after its owner who unsuccessfully argued that a copy he had bought in the 1950s was the real thing, is one of many reproductions of the original, which hangs in the Paris Louvre museum.
"This is madness, this is an absolute record for a Mona Lisa reproduction," a Christie's spokeswoman said.
She said there had been 14 bidders in an international auction and that in the last hour, the bids soared from 500,000 to 2.4 million euros, before a final bid of 2.9 million was made.
The Louvre's original is not for sale. But in 2017, Christie's New York sold da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi" for $450 million to an unidentified telephone bidder, making it the most expensive piece of art ever sold at auction.
one of the better Dr Who episodes dealt with the theft and sale of the Mona Lisas
https://televisionheaven.co.uk/articles/classic-doctor-who-city-of-death
madness?
not hardly, a good copy of the mona lisa is nearer the real thing and will hold it’s value much better than the 1000th copy of the US Dollar that the fed is pushing.
i say wise investment.
Can you imagine what a copy of the Mona Lisa by Hunter Biden would fetch nowadays? The mind can only reel...
I always thought any time someone paid big money for any painting, that it should best be called madness.
The nose is wrong. Who would want a copy?
Been a Dr. Who fan since I was a kid.
Boring now.
you should check out the old episode I linked to, it holds up even today.
the first 2 seasons of the reboot were ok, but I gave up after that.
I had a copy...heard it was a copy and tossed it. Color me sad.
If it’s not a painting by Hunter Biden, I’m not buying.
Back in the 1960s, I read that there are several Mona Lisas that were believed to have been painted by Leonardo.
The article I read said one was stored in a Virginia Bank Vault.
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Thx for the link.
I made it to Capaldi.
Would you take one by Ward Churchill?
Remember him? He took other people’s work, flipped it and sold it as his own. We discussed it on FR way back in those days of yesteryear.
She said there had been 14 bidders in an international auction and that in the last hour, the bids soared from 500,000 to 2.4 million euros, before a final bid of 2.9 million was made.
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Art is an excellent way to launder drug money.
Scarlioni’s angle.
One of the best Dr. Who serials.
I’d like to have seen Duggan brought back or mentioned.
“Would you take one by Ward Churchill?”
Nope only Hunter. And the fact that I have control of 6 million barrels of oil in Ukraine to move has NOTHING to do with my admiration of Hunters art.
a much better link.
https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/city-of-death-at-40-revisiting-doctor-who-s-most-watched-story-2/
the cameos from John Cleese and Eleanor Bron were great, and there is video at the link.
Paid for in Bitcoins?
Which are 21st Century reproductions of actual money?
PING
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