A lot was not reported in this article and the commenters make assumptions and jump to conclusions. The painting was never owned by the U.S. Government; it was on loan to the White House by a private collector since the Nixon years. In 2015, the private collector sold the painting to the founders of Fastenal (Winona, Minnesota) who loaned it to a local museum there. The current private owners are selling the painting now through an auction at Christie’s. Hence, it was neither Obama or Biden who decided to sell the painting.
Good to know.
Thank you for the information. I read the article before I posted, but not the comments.
Glad it’s out of Joek’s grasp. He’d have charged a $2M “dismounting and transfer fee.”
That’s what I suspected.🙄
The current “private owners” no doubt need the $20 mil to pay for security services to protect themselves and their property from the 200,000 per month illegal alien onslaught unleashed upon the U.S. by South American governments foisting their welfare hordes onto the backs of the sucker U.S. taxpayers. The Tequila is flowing heavily as are the Chicas at those parties in every SA capitol celebrating their incredible good fortune and total lack of push-back by the cowardly Gringos.
Why wouldn’t the US government made the owner an offer to buy the painting that precluded an auction?
Bet Trump’s admin would have.