Damn, I didnt mean to bid $400,000,000!

RandallFlagg

OK so it was me, I had a few wines and got carried away. I need to crowd fund this, the auction house keep phoning me, I can't stall them forever.

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/nov/15/leonardo-da-vinci-salvator-mundi-auction

and I thought Custom Shop Les Paul's were getting expensive!

the auction house takes $50M! They're worse than Ebay.

TTony

RandallFlagg said:

I had a few wines and got carried away.

OK.

So you're @Myranda.

ICBM

And it's not even definitely by Leonardo.

For some reason a song by Del Amitri occurs to me… how big a hospital would $450million buy?

ThePrettyDamned

ICBM said:

And it's not even definitely by Leonardo.

For some reason a song by Del Amitri occurs to me… how big a hospital would $450million buy?

One too big to fit in a safe until it's worth more than you paid for it... 

Phil_aka_Pip

ICBM said:

how big a hospital would $450million buy?

something the size of a portakabin, but under PFI we'd still have to pay $450M for it

crunchman

ICBM said:

And it's not even definitely by Leonardo.

It's this bit that gets me.

While the auction house have found experts who are willing to declare it is a Leonardo, there are other experts who don't agree that it is.

Bridgehouse

Sounds a lot like

"It's an original 59 Les Paul"
"No it isn't"
"Yes it is"
"It might be"
"True. It might be"
"That'll be $500,000 then please.."

richh

From what I was on TV it previously sold for £45 ?!!!?

Then it was discovered that some idiot had scrawled over the original painting and after getting it restored it was re-valued.

Not a bad markup that!

merlin

If you decide to sell it, can I have firsties?

RandallFlagg

I might burn it in protest at something, not sure what yet...

RandallFlagg

crunchman said:

ICBM said:

And it's not even definitely by Leonardo.

It's this bit that gets me.

While the auction house have found experts who are willing to declare it is a Leonardo, there are other experts who don't agree that it is.

No, iI'm certain it's by Leonardo DiCrapio, I have a handwritten letter:

"I, Leonardo DiCrapio, deffo painted this picture, and that's a fact mate.

Yours Leo x"

ICBM

Bridgehouse said:

Sounds a lot like

"It's an original 60 Explorer"
"No it isn't"
"Yes it is"
"It might be"
"True. It might be"
"That'll be $1,100,000 then please.."

Edited for accuracy.

Bridgehouse

ICBM said:

Bridgehouse said:

Sounds a lot like

"It's an original 60 Explorer"
"No it isn't"
"You're right, it isn't"
"Definitely not"
"Nope. No way that's original"
"That'll be $1,100,000 then please.."

Edited for accuracy.

Re-edited for accuracy

quarky

No problem. Stall for a year, and then sell it on for 450m, pocketing the 50m profit. Problem solved!

Sassafras

"What Gouzer may have meant is that buyers prepared to spend in excess of $100m on artwork exist in the modern and contemporary fields. A Leonardo, even one as dulled as this, could prove an amusing conversation piece."

How boring must you be that you have to spend that sort of money on a 'conversation piece'?

Reverend

With money saved by brexit we could buy someone a da Vinci every one and a half week.

guitars4you

ICBM said:

And it's not even definitely by Leonardo.

For some reason a song by Del Amitri occurs to me… how big a hospital would $450million buy?

I thought it had been confirmed as legit - right numbers under the right colours

guitars4you

Sassafras said:

"What Gouzer may have meant is that buyers prepared to spend in excess of $100m on artwork exist in the modern and contemporary fields. A Leonardo, even one as dulled as this, could prove an amusing conversation piece."

How boring must you be that you have to spend that sort of money on a 'conversation piece'?

I'm a complete ignoramus when it comes to art - I know I certainly don't admire it - I know I don't understand it - but if I had a spare 450 million I'd find something else to buy - That is a fact  - Then buy a load of black n white 'Athena style 'prints from the high street that I prefer to look at for the house - No value but I like them - Each to their own I guess

richh

I came across a new acromym in one of the papers last week - UHNWI

Any guesses what this stands for?  Scroll down for the answer...
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UHNWI = Ultra High Net Worth Individual

Some interesting and mindboggling anecdotes about how these people live and think.  For example, one of these guys was in a nightclub, and was bumped from the top VIP roped off spot to a 2nd tier place.  Calls his concierge and has the place closed down apparently.  Sounded like he effectively bought it and closed it down in a huff.  Whether these stories are really true or not, there are a (very) few people about for whom by this da Vinci may be no more of a big deal than some of us buying a vintage guitar or the like.