Picasso painting fetches $104,168,000

[Analog]

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pablo Picasso's "Boy with the Pipe" became the most expensive painting ever sold at auction on Wednesday when it fetched $104,168,000 at Sotheby's in New York.
The previous auction record was held by van Gogh's "Portrait of Dr. Gachet" which sold for $82.5 million in 1990.


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[Aquaman]

Damn............. that's a lot of chilupahs :Q

Cheers,
Aquaman

 

[xSauronx]

far too much money for a painting...seriously

 

[m2kewl]

Originally posted by: xSauronx
far too much money for a painting...seriously

werd. i can think of many other ways to spend that amount of $$.

 

[SilentZero]

Thats just sick that someone would pay that much for a painting! Just plain sick!

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: SilentZero
Thats just sick that someone would pay that much for a painting! Just plain sick!

Especially a Picasso.

 

[Koing]

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: SilentZero
Thats just sick that someone would pay that much for a painting! Just plain sick!

Especially a Picasso.

Well the only reason I can see for buying it is for bragging rights 😛 j/k

If it went up in value then yeah that would be good but what would be THE POINT? If you can spend that amount of $$$ on a painting do you REALLY need more money?!!!

Koing

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: Koing

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: SilentZero
Thats just sick that someone would pay that much for a painting! Just plain sick!

Especially a Picasso.

Well the only reason I can see for buying it is for bragging rights 😛 j/k

If it went up in value then yeah that would be good but what would be THE POINT? If you can spend that amount of $$$ on a painting do you REALLY need more money?!!!

Koing

True.

 

[Nanotech]

Is that all it went for?

Picasso must be turning over in his grave! 😉

 

[Kipper]

Now it's just going to sit on some rich person's wall collecting dust so nobody can enjoy it.