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michaelblue
Posted 28/04/2015 - 14:32 Link
Anyone like to guess how much someone paid for THIS?
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Regards,
Michael
Edited by michaelblue: 28/04/2015 - 14:35
gartmore
Posted 28/04/2015 - 18:08 Link
I think its an image of great beauty by Edward Stiechen, I think. So probably beyond price.
Ken
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spinno
Posted 28/04/2015 - 20:05 Link
I posted earlier. Too much but it seems to have vanished...
David
johnriley
Posted 28/04/2015 - 20:12 Link
Nothing there David, you must have failed to post for some reason.
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womble
Posted 28/04/2015 - 20:14 Link
In 2006 it sold for $2.928M which was then a record price for a photo. I don't know if it has been resold recently, or if another photo has subsequently sold for more.

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michaelblue
Posted 28/04/2015 - 20:27 Link
There is a photo taken in a cave called 'phantom' which was recently sold for $6m+ which is the current record
Regards,
Michael
spinno
Posted 28/04/2015 - 20:33 Link
johnriley wrote:
Nothing there David, you must have failed to post for some reason.

probably famed tablet fingers
David
spinno
Posted 28/04/2015 - 20:35 Link
And predictive text
David
richandfleur
Posted 28/04/2015 - 21:02 Link
Reminds me of this
Jonathan-Mac
Posted 28/04/2015 - 21:18 Link
Reminds me very much of this, which is the most expensive I'm aware of:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhein_II

I'm no art critic, but I know complete rubbish when I see it, and I have to say the picture in the original post and Rhein II fall into exactly the same category.
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Posted 28/04/2015 - 22:04 Link
Jonathan-Mac wrote:
Reminds me very much of this, which is the most expensive I'm aware of:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhein_II

I'm no art critic, but I know complete rubbish when I see it, and I have to say the picture in the original post and Rhein II fall into exactly the same category.

I haven't seen it in the flesh but have read people online saying they thought it was rubbish but when seen in a gallery its a very different thing, its 1.9m x 3.6m so I guess that is never going to translate well to a small web picture
Smeggypants
Posted 28/04/2015 - 23:01 Link
richandfleur wrote:
Reminds me of this

LOL - Indeed
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Smeggypants
Posted 28/04/2015 - 23:04 Link
michaelblue wrote:
Anyone like to guess how much someone paid for THIS?
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I don't find it anything special whatsoever so nothing, but in the pretentious kings new clothes snobby art world someone probably paid millions for it.
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gwing
Posted 29/04/2015 - 00:56 Link
If it was something I'd taken myself, it would go into the reject pile without even getting printed.

But we all like different things, fortunately I never seem to particularly like things that attract big price stickers.
michaelblue
Posted 29/04/2015 - 04:58 Link
Well this is currently THE most expensive photo in the world.........$6.5m, I'v got a whole bunch like this I took in caves in Tanzania, I guess I don't know the right people :Comment Image

'Phantom' by Peter Lik
Regards,
Michael

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