hydeordie: The record price paid for an oil-on-canvas painting is the rumored $250 million for Cézanne’s Card Players. Prior to yesterday, the record price for a pastel was Degas’ Dancer at Rest, auctioned for $37 million in 2008. That suggests that a great painting is worth about 6.8 times a comparably great pastel. Had Munch painted an oil-on-canvas version of the The Scream, an auction house or dealer would arguably be justified in projecting a value of 6.8 times $119.9 million, or about $810 million, in today’s market. via… Remember when you thought you wouldn’t be using any algebra when you got older? That is close to a billion! Insane! Bet in 5 years it’ll be reached.

hydeordie:

The record price paid for an oil-on-canvas painting is the rumored $250 million for Cézanne’s Card Players. Prior to yesterday, the record price for a pastel was Degas’ Dancer at Rest, auctioned for $37 million in 2008. That suggests that a great painting is worth about 6.8 times a comparably great pastel.

Had Munch painted an oil-on-canvas version of the The Scream, an auction house or dealer would arguably be justified in projecting a value of 6.8 times $119.9 million, or about $810 million, in today’s market.

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Remember when you thought you wouldn’t be using any algebra when you got older?

That is close to a billion! Insane! Bet in 5 years it’ll be reached.

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    That right there is what’s wrong with the art world. Munch’s painting isn’t valued because of the meaning or the quality...
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    That is close to a billion! Insane! Bet in 5 years it’ll be reached.
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