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Baitball Blogger

(46,697 posts)
Wed May 2, 2012, 10:27 PM May 2012

The scream sold for 120 million.

Always reminds me of that claymation character, Oh, no! Bob.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Edvard Munch's painting "The Scream," one of the world's most recognizable works of art, sold for $120 million at Sotheby's on Wednesday, setting a new record as the most expensive piece of art ever sold at auction.

The sale at Sotheby's Impressionist and Modern Art auction featured other works by Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali and Joan Miro, but Munch's vibrant piece was the centerpiece of the auction in a salesroom packed with collectors, bidders and the media.

The vibrant pastel from 1895 was conservatively estimated to sell for about $80 million at Sotheby's, but two determined bidders drove the final price to $107 million, or $119,922,500 including commission, during a 15-minute bidding war.

One of four versions by the Scandinavian painter, which was being sold by Norwegian businessman Petter Olsen, "The Scream" easily eclipsed the old auction record held by Picasso's "Nude, Green Leaves and Bust," which went for $106.5 million at Christie's two years ago.

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-05-02/entertainment/sns-rt-us-thescream-auctionbre84200m-20120502_1_modern-art-auction-sotheby-editorial-cartoons

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The scream sold for 120 million. (Original Post) Baitball Blogger May 2012 OP
Rich motherfuckers trading money between themselves rather than creating jobs... madinmaryland May 2012 #1
Geeze, how many football players would that buy? Ptah May 2012 #2
The one glitch to being an artist as a career, Baitball Blogger May 2012 #3
Before I buy new art, I always ask the artist about his/her health. Bruce Wayne May 2012 #9
Thomas Kincaid paintings will probably be worth Tabasco_Dave May 2012 #4
Just read his bio. Baitball Blogger May 2012 #5
Proof that some people just don't pay enough taxes... lastlib May 2012 #6
Cause ya stayed inside the lines, old chum! Bruce Wayne May 2012 #10
no, because I'm color-blind! lastlib May 2012 #11
My mouse pad & avitar. Grantuspeace May 2012 #7
a beautiful tribute to Macaulay Culkin Bruce Wayne May 2012 #8

madinmaryland

(64,931 posts)
1. Rich motherfuckers trading money between themselves rather than creating jobs...
Wed May 2, 2012, 10:41 PM
May 2012

but we already knew that.

What a fucking waste of resources. It's only a goddamn painting.



Baitball Blogger

(46,697 posts)
3. The one glitch to being an artist as a career,
Wed May 2, 2012, 10:48 PM
May 2012

is that everybody who buys your stuff hopes you die early.

Bruce Wayne

(692 posts)
9. Before I buy new art, I always ask the artist about his/her health.
Fri May 4, 2012, 05:49 PM
May 2012

The smart ones just start coughing to speed up the sale.

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