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Pfft. $300 million for some paint on a canvas?

You can get ~50 miles of border wall for that, easy!
 
JuiceCrewAllStar said:
Was reading about Andy Warhol and got sucked into this: a list of the most expensive paintings ever sold.
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It's funny to see the hedge fund/finance presence on that list of private owners. Every single one of them bought a high profile painting that has multiple versions. The museums all know where the real value is, and hold absurd insurance policies on the stuff they'll never sell and have made priceless. It's cool to see Roman Abramovich owns a Francis Bacon.
 
I know next to nothing about the business of art, but Ken Griffin, Illinois' richest man, has most of the ones he owns on that list on loan at the Art Institute. He also donated a ton to finance the Modern Wing there.

Would be interesting to check out the art museums in Qatar.
 
JuiceCrewAllStar said:
I know next to nothing about the business of art, but Ken Griffin, Illinois' richest man, has most of the ones he owns on that list on loan at the Art Institute. He also donated a ton to finance the Modern Wing there.

Would be interesting to check out the art museums in Qatar.
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Art is one of the safest and best investment vehicles an uberwealthy person could utilize. Loaning your art out to museums also makes a lot of sense, because museums also take really good care of art, help it appreciate by getting seen, etc.
 
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Shore


His most famous game occurred on June 23, 1917, against the Washington Senators in the first game of a doubleheader at Fenway Park. Ruth started the game, walking the first batter, Ray Morgan. As newspaper accounts of the time relate, the short-fused Ruth then engaged in a heated argument with apparently equally short-fused home plate umpire Brick Owens. Owens tossed Ruth out of the game, and the even more enraged Ruth then slugged the umpire a glancing blow before being taken off the field; the catcher, Pinch Thomas, was also ejected. Shore was brought in to pitch, and came in with very few warmup pitches. With a new pitcher and catcher, runner Morgan tried to steal but was thrown out. Shore then proceeded to retire the remaining 26 Senators without allowing a baserunner, earning a 4–0 Red Sox win. For many years the game was listed in record books as a "perfect game", but officially it is scored as a no-hitter, shared by two pitchers. Following the game, Ruth paid a $100 fine, was suspended for ten games, and issued a public apology for his behavior.
 
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