$179 million for a Picasso

[Matty]

You're basically paying for an autograph. Still cool, but there is a ton of Picasso stuff out there. His output was ridiculously large.

 

[Matty]

The Evolution of Picasso’s Prints, from the Saltimbanques to the 347 Series

Known for his diverse styles and prolific output, Pablo Picasso is the most famous and celebrated Modernist of the 20th century. While his paintings ...

www.artsy.net

"There may be as many as 180,000 Picasso prints in circulation"

 

[Matty]

And then there is the very real possibility that eBay is letting a bunch of people sell fake prints:

Anatomy of an Art Fraud on eBay - Ledor Fine Art - Original prints, drawings, and paintings by Picasso

In view of the chap who just pled guilty to selling fake Picassos on eBay (see, for example, yesterday’s NY Times online article, “Chicago Man Admits He Sold Bogus Picassos on eBay”, which begins as follows, “A suburban Chicago man pleaded guilty Tuesday to swindling at least 250 people out of...

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[Matty]

Art Experts Warn of a Surging Market in Fake Prints (Published 2020)

Spurred by advances in photomechanical reproduction, forgers are increasingly selling unauthorized copies of famous works on the internet, and elsewhere.

www.nytimes.com

 

[reno cool]

Yeah I don't see an authentic autograph going for $100. I mean unless the guy spent every waking moment signing "authentic reprints", whatever that even means.
I mean Pete Rose charges about that, and he does spend every waking moment

 

[Matty]

There are Picassos out there that go for 4 digits, but yeah any signed print would have to be at least in that ballpark.

I've worked for two companies that had a Picasso print on their walls. After reading the above links I'm 90% convinced that neither was real.

 

[roguejuror]

why the hell is this Picasso guy famous for then?

 

[reno cool]

What do you mean? He painted what goes on in muddys brain

 

[roguejuror]

that's deep yo

 

[roguejuror]

somebody threw a cake at the Mona Lisa in the Lovrou


and boner is in Paris

 

[Boner_18]

 

[roguejuror]

Environmental activists from Just Stop Oil have thrown tomato soup over Vincent van Gogh’s iconic Sunflowers painting currently hanging in London’s National Gallery.

 

[roguejuror]

 

[roguejuror]

I didn't know that Vincent Van Gogh never received any type of success while alive, he struggled to sell a single painting in his own lifetime

here the Dr. takes him to 2010 and shows him