1989 Massacre painting sold for 5.9M

Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by wind2000, Oct 14, 2007.

  1. wind2000

    wind2000 Self Schemata

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    http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2007/10/13/chinese-painting-record.html

    I wonder who is the person / people who bought it for that amount. -mellow
     
    #1 wind2000, Oct 14, 2007
  2. xiaojia

    xiaojia Well-Known Member

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    hmm.. i wanna see the painting..
     
    #2 xiaojia, Oct 14, 2007
  3. dragong87

    dragong87 Well-Known Member

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    that's a pretty expensive painting... i aswell would like to see wat it looks like!!
     
    #3 dragong87, Oct 14, 2007
  4. xmichelly

    xmichelly Well-Known Member

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    oh my, the money some people pay for art -ohmy
     
    #4 xmichelly, Oct 14, 2007
  5. BigM

    BigM Well-Known Member

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    This sure is a pretty important picture to China's history, Thus the value of it.
     
    #5 BigM, Oct 14, 2007
  6. Taxloss

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    Would have bought it too if I had the money...it's historical, political and economic interesting to invest in this painting.
     
    #6 Taxloss, Oct 14, 2007