more. it has been
found. after two years of frantic searching, norwegian authorities have finally recovered Edvard Munch's two masterpieces, "The Scream," and "The Madonna" (but
Cindi, is it the one with the
big b**bies?). they were taken from Oslo's Munch Museum by masked gunmen, in broad daylight, in august 2004...pretty brash, if you ask me.
you wonder about the value of some paintings after they've gained some notoriety. take, for example, anything that van gogh rendered. when he was alive, vincent was viewed as merely a destitute Post-Impressionist Dutch artist who could have challenged mike tyson for the title of the
"World's Greatest Ear Severer." the man died penniless at the age of 37...a hundred years later, his paintings go for tens of millions of dollars. of course, once people found out that van gogh cut off the lower part of his left ear lobe, wrapped it in newspaper, and gave it to a prostitute - he was deemed cool. and boom, everyone wanted his stuff for notebooks, posters, and post cards...so much that, in 1987, his "Irises" painting (see pic) went for a then-record auction price of $49 million. three years later, his painting,
"Portrait of Dr. Gachet" commanded an astounding $82 million ($116 million in today's dollars). who knew? it's just sad that he couldn't reap any of these riches when he was alive...mebbe vince should've been a rock star instead. he was just born at the wrong time...
just recently, Gustav Klimt's "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer" sold for $135 million at auction. tell me, just who has that kind of money? i'll admit there are some wonderful Maya vessels and sculptures that i'd kill to have...but that's just a wild pipe dream. i guess it's all about investing. perhaps the Klimt,
et al, will rise in value to even the $200 million heights...but will they ever reach the level of this lady...whose portrait is valued at $670 million dollars. sheesh. surely, that crooked smile could've easily been fixed for $10 million less ;) you KNOW Leonardo is gnashing his teeth right now!
more. it has been found. after two years of frantic searching, norwegian authorities have finally recovered Edvard Munch's two masterpieces, "The Scream," and "The Madonna" (but Cindi, is it the one with the big b**bies?). they were taken from Oslo's Munch Museum by masked gunmen, in broad daylight, in august 2004...pretty brash, if you ask me.
you wonder about the value of some paintings after they've gained some notoriety. take, for example, anything that van gogh rendered. when he was alive, vincent was viewed as merely a destitute Post-Impressionist Dutch artist who could have challenged mike tyson for the title of the "World's Greatest Ear Severer." the man died penniless at the age of 37...a hundred years later, his paintings go for tens of millions of dollars. of course, once people found out that van gogh cut off the lower part of his left ear lobe, wrapped it in newspaper, and gave it to a prostitute - he was deemed cool. and boom, everyone wanted his stuff for notebooks, posters, and post cards...so much that, in 1987, his "Irises" painting (see pic) went for a then-record auction price of $49 million. three years later, his painting, "Portrait of Dr. Gachet" commanded an astounding $82 million ($116 million in today's dollars). who knew? it's just sad that he couldn't reap any of these riches when he was alive...mebbe vince should've been a rock star instead. he was just born at the wrong time...
just recently, Gustav Klimt's "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer" sold for $135 million at auction. tell me, just who has that kind of money? i'll admit there are some wonderful Maya vessels and sculptures that i'd kill to have...but that's just a wild pipe dream. i guess it's all about investing. perhaps the Klimt, et al, will rise in value to even the $200 million heights...but will they ever reach the level of this lady...whose portrait is valued at $670 million dollars. sheesh. surely, that crooked smile could've easily been fixed for $10 million less ;) you KNOW Leonardo is gnashing his teeth right now!
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