Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Me and the Wanker don't know shit about fine art.....

Ok, so this is "one of ALBERTO GIACOMETTI's best-loved bronzes : "WALKING MAN I". It sold last night at Sotheby's in London for 104.1 MILLION DOLLARS.
The most every paid for any piece of art, ever .
From the NYT : "One of Alberto Giacometti’s best-loved bronzes, “Walking Man I,” has broken the world record price for a work of art at auction, selling to an unidentified telephone bidder for $92.5 million, or $104.3 million with fees, at Sotheby’s in London on Wednesday night. The previous record was $104.1 million, paid for a 1905 Picasso, “Boy With a Pipe (The Young Apprentice),” at Sotheby’s in New York in 2004. read the rest...
I don't get it.

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