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Gargamel

11-15-17 08:45 PM

'Leonardo da Vinci artwork' sells for record $450m

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42000696

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The final bid for the work was $400m, with fees bringing the full price up to $450.3m.
In 1958 it was sold at auction in London for $60.

Since the customers at the wood shop I work at are the type to buy this sort of thing, I fully expect to have to build a room to house this for them soon.

Aktungbby

11-15-17 10:08 PM

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...circa_1500.jpgToo good to be true....gotta be a fake! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvator_Mundi_(Leonardo)

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A major flaw in a painting identified as one of Leonardo da Vinci's lost works makes some historians think it's a fake, according to The Guardian. The crystal orb in the image doesn't distort light in the way natural physics does, which would be an unusual error for da Vinci.

http://www.thisisinsider.com/is-leonardo-da-vinci-salvator-mundi-fake-crystal-orb-2017-10 :timeout:

Mr Quatro

11-16-17 12:56 PM

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The image of Jesus himself is not the real Jesus, but for $450 million dollars I would think the rest of it is,
including the crystal orb distorting light could be a vision from heaven.

Yes, visions from heaven have happen ... I couldn't believe the bidding war for a painting went that high
$450 million dollars being the 2nd highest ever paid for painting.

The next one was $479 million dollars, but I forget who.

vienna

11-16-17 04:01 PM

https://s3.amazonaws.com/lowres.cart...po0041_low.jpg

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Skybird

11-16-17 05:03 PM

Money laundering at its finest. For criminals, arts have become a surrogate currency replacing the overregulated counterfeit money - and have become a way of money laundering. What in this case may be forgivable to use this painting for - imo it is incredibly cheesy. Somehow you must find a purpose for it.

Jimbuna

11-17-17 07:42 AM

I'm simply relieved it wasn't me who sold it for £45 when I was one year old :o

vienna

11-17-17 03:38 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oheV1xw4e40

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