[Hojczyk]

If you go to the site they have a survey....it has not one Conservative site when asking about the internet and news...I put in free republic...

[I Drive Too Fast]

Dang, I was outbid by just $119,922,250.

[Tau Food]

“The buyer’s name was not released.” How many folks have 100 million to spend on a painting?

[ConorMacNessa]

Who'da Thunk It?



How much lower can Western Civilization sink?



Nos genuflectitur ad non princeps sed Princeps Pacem!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[Rides_A_Red_Horse]

The buyer's name was not released.

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Oh yeah! This will look awesome next to my “Elvis Presley on Black Velvet.”

[Revolting cat!]

And to think that 47 years ago I had an occasion to buy it for pennies ($51 in today’s dollars.)

[patriot08]

Looks like something painted by a five year old.

[SuziQ]

I read an article in last Friday's "Wall Street Journal" about this auction. There are actually 5 iterations of "The Scream", one of which is a sketch, but IIRC, the article stated that this was the only one NOT in a museum already.

One potential buyer was quoted as saying that he'd be content with selling all of his other artwork, just to be able to sit in a room and look at this painting for hours on end. Don't know why this painting evokes such sentiments, but it's an interesting piece of artwork.

[Hammerhead]

I wonder what the ‘Buy It Now’ price was.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

[Ditto]

A perfect example of why the art world lost me a long time ago.

It's a freaki'n crayon drawing drawing and the guy was probably stoned when he did it. There is nothing great about it.

When I became interested in the art world years ago, this is the kind of stuff I admired.

I really do appreciate skill far more so than 'expression' especially when I have no clue what the hell these 'artists' are pretending to express.

It is perfectly fine to appreciate beauty for beauty's sake and talent for what it shows.

The 'Scream' might be worth $100 Million in that Total BS world that Art has become, but I wouldn't hang that ugly damn sketch in my storage shed.

[onedoug]

I always liked it. But $120M? No way.

[lucid discourse]

There’s [more than]only one Scream. Lots of sketches too.

[AppyPappy]

I wish I had known about this earlier. I have two of them.

[Zman516]

The “buyer” had better pray that the “greater fool” theory lasts at least one more cycle.