The Gun Of Bavaria Posted November 10, 2005 Share Posted November 10, 2005 Can anyone here weld? I'll collect the garbage. We'll split the profits. Who is in? Sculpture sets contemporary auction record of 23.8 million dollars A large-scale metal sculpture by American artist David Smith has become the most expensive work of contemporary art ever sold at auction, fetching 23.8 million dollars at Sotheby's in New York. Five bidders competed for Smith's "Cubi XXVII" which was the starting lot at a Wednesday evening sale of 54 contemporary works that brought in 114.5 million dollars. The 1965 sculpture was finally snapped up by Manhattan dealer Larry Gagosian at nearly twice its high estimate of 12 million dollars. Experts attributed the record price to the fact that most of Smith's works are in museums or permanent collections and therefore make extremely rare auction appearances. "This exceedingly rare work was the pinnacle of a four-decade career," said Tobias Meyer, Sotheby's worldwide head of contemporary art and the auctioneer for the evening. The second best price of the evening was the 9.2 million dollars paid for "Jackie Frieze," one of two works in which Andy Warhol assembled portraits of Jackie Kennedy in a frieze format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted November 10, 2005 Share Posted November 10, 2005 Damn, I thought you were quitting your job here as a mod. I was happy for a second. Guns, you are like a piece of furniture here. 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gun Of Bavaria Posted November 10, 2005 Author Share Posted November 10, 2005 Damn, I thought you were quitting your job here as a mod. I was happy for a second. Guns, you are like a piece of furniture here. 8) Can you ask me to step down first because I'm posting somewhere else too much then call me an a$$hole when I take a job somewhere else first? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faba Posted November 10, 2005 Share Posted November 10, 2005 Damn, I thought you were quitting your job here as a mod. I was happy for a second. Guns, you are like a piece of furniture here. 8) I thought Bob had first dibs on being just a piece of furniture here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 Can you ask me to step down first because I'm posting somewhere else too much then call me an a$$hole when I take a job somewhere else first? Guns, I would never call you an a$$hole to your face. Cmon, you know me better than that! :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormshadow19 Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 Guns, I would never call you an a$$hole to your face. Cmon, you know me better than that! :wink: Yeah, he'd do it through a PM or on a message board. Sheesh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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