OT: $236.4 million for this piece

[byrone]

If this is a $236.4 million asset, then it would seem sports cards and memorabilia still have a lot of room for price increases.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-millions.html

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but this thing is hideous. At least that 18K gold toilet could be melted down.

[Republicaninmass]

People try to conflate the two. It's apples to rocks, as much as I love cards

[raulus]

Originally Posted by Republicaninmass

People try to conflate the two. It's apples to rocks, as much as I love cards

Couldn't agree more.

Lots of big differences on both the supply and demand side. Plus they swim in very different pools. People buying fancy art from famous artists come from the upper echelons of society, and draws from all over the world, including Asia and the middle east, with billions to drop on piffle, particularly if it makes them seem like a big deal to their peers.

Card collectors, for the most part, are a long ways away from that world. And very few billionaires run around bragging about or showing off their cardboard collection to their friends.

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Most of the high rollers in the art field would assuredly look down their opera glasses at us. (I'm picturing a general overuse of the royal "we" in those circles.)

[perezfan]

"Apples to Rocks".... exactly.

But if PSA were to slab it (and assess them a $5 million up-charge) there would be much more common ground with our hobby as it is today.

[Seven]

The buying and selling of art is just another way to launder money. Speaking of Klimt though, there's an interesting movie with Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds concerning one of Klimt's work, called "Woman In Gold" I'd recommend it.