It's sadly true that most buyers of expensive art are solely interested in the investment potential and they really don't care about the content or artistry, so long as it isn't offensive to their tastes. Art appreciation means something else for them. We live in a topsy turvy world. In the world of music, fine orchestras are starving while DJ's are getting rich. The country is full of people who have tons of money and the aesthetic values of a hamster. This sale is probably just a made up marketing story, but I wouldn't be surprised if some fool actually did pay 6.5 million. It's a nice print and I'm sure it was executed well by the lab that made it for him, but it's far from unique and I'm sorry, photos laminated to Plexiglas just aren't worth that kind of money. I used to make lots of them for photographers and artists and it's nothing either new or unique, but buyers who don't know any better think they are. -----Original Message----- From: 'Gary Brown' baffin@... [DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint] Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2014 1:50 AM To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Digital BW] what do you think? Actually at todays price 470Ib of Gold is worth over 9,000.000.00...................... -----Original Message----- From: Tony Sleep TonySleep@... [DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint] Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2014 7:05 PM To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Digital BW] what do you think? At that price, questions about 'art' or the quality of the photo are irrelevant. 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Re: [Digital BW] what do you think?
2014-12-14 by John Castronovo