*May 23, 2012, 04:27:55 PM
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?
May 23, 2012, 04:27:55 PM

Login with username, password and session length
8458 Posts in 1523 Topics by 1842 Members - Latest Member: kkkiii
There are some photographers who are just pressing a button. And then there are the others who see the world in a very different way...
Search:     Advanced search
Photography Thailand Forum
* Home Help Search Gallery Login Register
Recent Pictures

Views: 27
Comments (0)
By: Marc Schultz

Views: 38
Comments (1)
By: Marc Schultz

Views: 116
Comments (1)
By: bjorn slis

Views: 59
Comments (0)
By: tony121
0 Members and 2 Guests are viewing this topic. « previous next »
Pages: [1] Go Down Send this topic Print
Author Topic: Cindy Sherman Print Sells For $3.9 Million At Auction  (Read 579 times)
Marc Schultz
Forum Administrator
Big Kahuna 1,000+
*****
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 1788



WWW
« on: May 19, 2011, 01:54:31 PM »
Gregg sent me this interesting article. Shockingly high value sale for a self portrait. Move over Gursky:

http://www.popphoto.com/news/2011/05/cindy-sherman-print-sells-39-million-auction-highest-ever-photograp
Logged
Marc Schultz
Forum Founder
www.marcschultz.com
www.urbanlines.asia
www.photographythailand.com
Gregg Spradling
Forum Administrator
Big Kahuna
*****
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 177
« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2011, 04:34:04 PM »
yeah, i just don't get it. The shot is not interesting or even that good imho.

I guess when you are dealing with "art" at that high of a price it moves into collectors value instead of some intrinsic value of being actually good.  ROLF
Logged
∞500px
Khun Hans
PREMIUM SUPPORTER
Big Kahuna
*****
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 193
« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2011, 07:17:56 PM »
3,5 Mio Ok. But 3,9 Mio.... No way for me Mosh!
Logged
Khun Hans
http://gplus.to/KhunHansPhoto
www.tinyurl.com/24y6vs;
www.pbase.com/khunhans
Marc Schultz
Forum Administrator
Big Kahuna 1,000+
*****
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 1788



WWW
« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2011, 02:41:32 PM »
Sent to me by David Salmanowitz. More on the subject of over priced items in the photography world. This one from Leica:

http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2011/05/capital.html
Logged
Marc Schultz
Forum Founder
www.marcschultz.com
www.urbanlines.asia
www.photographythailand.com
Pages: [1] Go Up Send this topic Print
« previous next »
Jump to:  

Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.16 | SMF © 2006, Simple Machines
Themis design by Bloc 		Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!