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Title: $450 million for a painting.
Post by: nightporter on November 16, 2017, 10:47:35 am
Personally I think it's obscene, probably has tax implications or money laundering.
Title: Re: $450 million for a painting.
Post by: glosterred on November 16, 2017, 01:05:01 pm
Or just a very rich person with more money than sense


Title: Re: $450 million for a painting.
Post by: drfchound on November 16, 2017, 01:06:55 pm
Personally I think it's obscene, probably has tax implications or money laundering.




Would you have objected if it was you who had sold the painting ?

I doubt it.
Title: Re: $450 million for a painting.
Post by: wilts rover on November 16, 2017, 04:32:36 pm
1% of the world's population holds 50% of the world's wealth - this is what they do with it.

I wonder if the general public will ever get to see it again, most of these things go straight into a bank vault, although the talk is it was bought by a Saudi prince for their new gallery.

Title: Re: $450 million for a painting.
Post by: MachoMadness on November 16, 2017, 05:03:36 pm
If you have $450m to spend on a painting, you're probably not the sort of person who'd miss it anyway. It's not like it's going to be hung on a wall, it's an investment.
Title: Re: $450 million for a painting.
Post by: andy didcott on November 16, 2017, 08:26:44 pm
And 60 years ago it went for 45 quid.
Title: Re: $450 million for a painting.
Post by: GazLaz on November 17, 2017, 12:02:15 pm
If you have $450m to spend on a painting, you're probably not the sort of person who'd miss it anyway. It's not like it's going to be hung on a wall, it's an investment.

He’s not spent the money like you say, he’s invested it. If he thinks the painting will be worth more in years to come then it’s an intelligent thing to do. We should do the same with footballers.
Title: Re: $450 million for a painting.
Post by: ravenrover on November 17, 2017, 08:07:07 pm
Wonder if it has a place reserved in The Vatican?
Title: Re: $450 million for a painting.
Post by: BillyStubbsTears on November 17, 2017, 11:53:07 pm
If you have $450m to spend on a painting, you're probably not the sort of person who'd miss it anyway. It's not like it's going to be hung on a wall, it's an investment.

We should do the same with footballers.

I can think of a few we've bought over the years that should be hung from a wall.