I think old Joe is right, Hunter is pretty smart.
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Gotta admit... this is a very clever scheme. Collect tons of money, give nothing back in return (except access) keep the ‘buyer’s’ names anonymous. Not just clever....but off the charts clever.
A rare painting by late rocker David Bowie is slated to sell for more than $18,000 after it was purchased for $5 at a donation center near a landfill in Canada before the owner uncovered the artist’s identity.
Painted on a 9.75 x 8 inch canvas, the red, white and blue abstract portrait is part of a series of 47 works Bowie created between 1995 and 1997 which he entitled Dead Heads (or D Head).
It is available in an online auction by Cowley Abbott Fine Art in Toronto through June 24.
The seller, who has not been named, had no clue about the painting’s rich history when they picked it up at the Machar Mall donation center by a dump in Ontario last summer.