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Stunned gasps fill Sotheby's auction room after greedy experts made terrible mistake with '$70m' sculpture
UK Daily Mail ^
| May 15, 2025
| Laura Parnby
Posted on 05/15/2025 2:13:50 PM PDT by C19fan
Sotheby's famed auction room was filled with gasps followed by shocked silence after an iconic statue priced far too ambitiously failed to sell at auction.
Billionaires descended on the New York City event on Tuesday in the hope of snagging a masterpiece created by the likes of Picasso, Monet or Matisse.
But it was Alberto Giacometti's 1955 bronze bust, called Grand tête mince, that was billed as the auction's centerpiece by experts who gave it a $70 million guide price.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Arts/Photography
KEYWORDS: albertogiacometti; art; auction; moremoneythanbrains; moremoneythantaste; sothebys; statue
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To: lapsus calami
That’s exactly what I thought
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posted on
05/15/2025 3:27:18 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
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posted on
05/15/2025 3:29:43 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
To: Leaning Right
Did they offer you the whole set...with the ENTIRE cast of “The View”?
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posted on
05/15/2025 3:30:01 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
To: C210N
I saw that. Well worth the time and some really good violin music.
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posted on
05/15/2025 3:32:39 PM PDT
by
HandyDandy
(“Borders, language and culture.” Michael Savage)
To: EvilCapitalist
Any reference associated with “Star Wars” would be purely unintentional...😛😜🤪🤪🤪
Just The Chicago Twins...
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posted on
05/15/2025 3:32:55 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
To: C19fan
Humper Biden could do better than that, since he’s a true artist. And a few years ago, his work could easily have brought $70 million.
But today, it would be worth only a few bucks from a scrap metal dealer.
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posted on
05/15/2025 3:39:48 PM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(Kamala defines herself in just 4 words..."Nothing comes to mind.")
To: cableguymn
It is just nouveau riche greed. In the old days main line auction houses like Sotheby’s would set auction estimates rediculously low so as to entice bidders who thought they had a chance at a bargain.
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posted on
05/15/2025 3:47:37 PM PDT
by
lodi90
To: dfwgator
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posted on
05/15/2025 3:48:46 PM PDT
by
MikelTackNailer
(Back in my day Tick Tock came from the clock - and we LIKED it that way!)
To: dfwgator
I say a cross between Kramer and Anthony Bourdain
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posted on
05/15/2025 3:52:42 PM PDT
by
Palio di Siena
(Kralik…..you get the wallet)
To: C19fan
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posted on
05/15/2025 3:54:20 PM PDT
by
Slicksadick
(We accept the love we think we deserve.)
To: C19fan
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posted on
05/15/2025 4:08:01 PM PDT
by
metmom
( He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.")
To: ProtectOurFreedom
that bust looks a lot like Cosmo Kramer ...
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posted on
05/15/2025 4:21:08 PM PDT
by
catnipman
((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
To: lodi90
still takes 2 to make an auction work
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posted on
05/15/2025 4:29:56 PM PDT
by
cableguymn
(Can't cancel all of us)
To: C19fan
He got the mouth wrong.
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posted on
05/15/2025 4:40:44 PM PDT
by
x
To: C19fan
Money laundering. Whoever pays those millions can then borrow against it. It would be a shame if something happened to it after the buyer got it insured.
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posted on
05/15/2025 4:46:01 PM PDT
by
bk1000
(Banned from Breitbart)
To: C19fan
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posted on
05/15/2025 4:50:33 PM PDT
by
metmom
( He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.")
To: Lizavetta
Further evidence that high-priced auctions are for money laundering, especially for “art” that looks essentially worthless. The comments at the link said essentially the same thing.
I never thought of that reason for atrociously priced *art* but it wouldn't surprise me in the least.
I also heard that many objects on eBay that are exorbitantly priced are also for the purpose of money laundering.
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posted on
05/15/2025 4:53:27 PM PDT
by
metmom
( He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.")
To: C19fan
I wouldn’t give ‘em 70 cents for it.
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posted on
05/15/2025 5:19:59 PM PDT
by
Savage Beast
(There's a Light over the Whole World. I just want everybody to be happy, healthy and well. --DJT)
To: C19fan
NOWWWWWWW yer talkin'!
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
It doesn't have much meltdown value either, but that would improve its looks. :^)
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posted on
05/15/2025 8:53:46 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Politics do not make strange bedfellows, and the enemy of your enemy may still be your enemy.)
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