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Subject: [Leica] $4.3 million is what..
From: richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:51:16 -0800
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I rather much prefer the Cindy Sherman for a mere $3.6 mils

(Not really)


On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 4:22 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:

> ..a lottery win might bring you, and then, you could go out and buy Andreas
> Gursky's photograph of the Rhine river "Rhein II" which would handily cover
> any peeling bits of wallpaper in most houses as it is a quite massive 80
> inches by 140 inches. It now leads the most expensive photograph list.
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/**entertainment-arts-15689652<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15689652>
>
> Yes, it is the most expensive photograph ever bought, but it's probably not
> the best one. However, your opinion of this may vary. Mr Gursky says it is
> his favourite photograph. And it probably is - until his next one.
>
> Amazingly, a photo by Dmitri Medvedev the current Russian President is
> also in there in the list of the top ten most expensive photographs ever
> bought.
>
> Douglas
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