Did You Buy It ?

[Cormac135]

Salvatore Mundi by Leonardo di Vinci sold today for over $400.000.000. Was it you that bought it ?

Probably not, but do you buy art, and if so what's the most you've ever paid for it, and what was it ?

 

[gsdx]

I've got a nice painting of dogs playing poker hanging in my bathroom.

 

[Cormac135]

I've got a nice painting of dogs playing poker hanging in my bathroom.

Really ? In Canada ? A bathroom ?

 

[gsdx]

^ It's detached.

 

[Cormac135]

^ It's detached.

America ?

 

[cityboy-stl]

What's with Jesus holding a crystal ball?

 

[Rickrock]

Bought a nature scene and a ship some years ago, neither painting is too large. Don't remember what I paid for them but I'm guessing it was under $100 each.

 

[Latimer]

I bought a first edition of this book at auction. I think I paid about $1,000 for it. Perhaps I overpaid at the time, but I had wanted a copy since the first time I saw it when I was in my teens. The copy I bought had--as it turns out--been owned by a very prominent Chicago architect whose work I admire greatly, so it has sentimental value as well. It has been the source of much pleasure and inspiration, and an invaluable resource.

Edifices de Rome Moderne

https://archive.org/details/dificesderomem03leta

 

[NotHardUp1]

I have some original art in my home. My preference it for watercolor. I'll take a few pics sometime to share.

My favorite pieces are sculptural.

I have a papier-mâché rooster that stands about five fee tall, wearing cowboy attire. It was a commissioned work from Albuquerque by a local artist who did a series of whimsical animals.

The best piece I have is a bronze elephant I got at auction a few years ago. It is around 18 inches high and is seated with his trunk in the air as if he is enjoying a dust bath. It is good bronze and it only cost in the hundreds, so not any collector's piece.

The most expensive pieces I have were two sculptures I bought in Alaska for several hundred apiece. One is an Innuit fisherman holding a net full of salmon and the other is a rising spire of belugas. Both are carved of walrus bone. I kept the man and gave the spire to my then boyfriend. We both still enjoy them and enjoy knowing the other is connected through them.

The only master I have is a $15 print of Rembrandt's St. Paul. It was at my church's charity rummage sale earlier this month and I hung it in my office as a jest about the headache's my job gives me and my boss. Nice frame though. My copy is too dark, but the link below to the original is much brighter and interesting.