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barrysloateI have to say I don't think I could get $22.4 million worth of enjoyment looking at that Rothko. It is rather drab and less than inspiring. It makes you wonder about the relative value of great things. It sold for roughly the entire value of the Halper collection, or the total of two Mastronet auctions, or for my money a mansion in the Hamptons and a pristine brownstone in my Brooklyn neighborhood (with some change left over). Or you could have this rather dull painting. Can anyone explain this one? Is it simply that the person who bought it already had all those other things but he didn't yet have one of these things?