$110.7 Million Monet Shatters Auction Records 

It means that the first one work harder. More likely the second group stole the money or assets from country

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Money talks wealth whispers.

Done... have fun :)

I have no penny and don't feel poor by this stupidity. Only the existence of that painting is my richness.

armand perrenet Oh My God! Who said that?

I am a Peasant. LoL

Hahahha omg so relatable

They dont care where the money came from as long as you pay cash and pay the fees , you'll have a clean asset to resell for a little less of what its worth , owners lose money by doing this , but thats the price of laundering money

Buy one of mine a Gain it all Back.....

This will be bought, loaned to a museum. Written off as a charitable donation, and then used against their gains so they don’t pay as much, if any taxes. Common practice amongst wealthy folk.

Hope and Truth xD

No. And from your uncorrected grammar, YOU BS. Hahaha... Change your name as Liar and Hope...Hahaha 🤣🤣🤣

Woah your profile pic is almost like mine

Yeah I really don't understand why would they spend so much money on these kinds of painting. If I were a billionaire I would much prefer spending it on modern paintings

@@hyacinth8513 Because it’s both a statement of status and a storage of value. These people have so much money that they need to find real assets with radically high values to store it + earn the kind of interest they expect

The person buying that painting probably does buy recent paintings. The Monet is more than a painting. It has historical value. Besides many other factors, it is a really fantastic work of art. Something priceless up for sale, very rare.

@@007SuperSoldier yeah or buy it to avoid taxes

What you said is true, but that’s a modest, acceptable and humanitarian way of collecting arts. However in the world of collectors where everyone not only thirsts for the highest and most excellent form of art where every copy is limited, money serve as the fluid to fill the quench for the love of art....at times we say it’s too expensive but practically it’s the highest form of decadence in art appreciation which in other words we call them “priceless”!

We live in a world of extreme contrast. Our taxes go to continually improve government buildings yet our own citizens starve. They will have to reckon themselves ....eventually

It has and always will be that way. Some people have more drive than others. Some are more intelligent than others, some are leaders and most are followers. That is the way of the world.

Eh, Such is life

well i mean 2$ for gum is highway robbery

Trains but that's cheap af

Ill go 75 cents. Take it or leave it.

You know you’ve wasted more money than that u bum

@@payurtaxes8302 76

C S I fear as much as I love Monet you are right.

Correct. And don't forget the reason for 5G is to help you down load your movies faster! Sincerely, Dr.Evil

What about that latest da Vinci that was recently sold for a kings ransom to an unidentified Saudi who disappeared the painting to perhaps never be seen again? Perhaps such international treasures should never be sold to private citizens.

Yes.

Salnellen 13 wow never knew that happened. Thats kinda fucked up

Lol underrated

Why? He is a just a regular blinded prig, who doesn’t care about the real problems.

@@ItsNikoHIMself You speak as if you know him personally, yet you do not. He is indeed a person doing a job. One doesn't work for free. He gets paid for this.

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Hello. A big royal blue sapphire???

@@ItsNikoHIMself dick

dude there are so many billionaires in this world who make that kind of money in a week... yeah i know hard to imagine but its true ....

Tech billionaires sell some shares and buy a Monet.

@@stevenwaeyen9251 enlighten us wise one

literally thousands of people can

It is a cover-up! The devil is just transferring money via the auctions so that there is nothing suspicious!

LOL!

He was selling in the thousands back then. I believe.

Pretty sure he didn't sell it for dollars... 👉🏼 🇫🇷 😂

Space Skipster You’re right, he didn’t sell his works for $$, he sold them for Gold rubles to Russian merchants Shchukin and Morozov..At least twenty of his paintings are now on exhibit in St. Petersburg and Moscow museums. His most renown work LA DANSE is displayed in the Hermitage.

Lmao what do these people think an artist is? 2 dollars for Monet haha

@@stevenwaeyen9251 If it went over your head, you'll never know.

they need the hay for the cattle.

It's already a haystack... 👊🏼 😂

Bansky did not count for battery going flat over the years. This one had a century.

well maybe banksy bought this and shredded already.😂

That's like 1300 for rich people

@@gizmonovack it’s still 13.7 million

Jia let’s discuss over 🐕 style

What color did you paint the inside of your brain? Sincerely, The Rainbow

I agree with you, don't listen to that idiot. Great art deserves great prices.

@Ms Rana possible

Yes so it costs somthing when the creater is dead..... Kind of fucked if you ask me.

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Sir I have some an5 ancient gold coins I want to sell it...1894 un pesos Guatemala trade coin,1798 trade dollar..(3) British trade coin 1911

What's nice about it? Why it has to be about making obscene amounts of money?

Best comment ever lmao

Ha good omg so,good

+Bitch better have my Monet!"

How? All payment made through banks . Money laundering is turning cash into white money.

I’m stealing this lol

andrea cecilia grillo exactly. It’s kinda obvious now isn’t it. The curtain is being pulled back on all this shitz

... you cannot launder money like this. Any transaction over $10,000 gets reported to the IRS, obviously this auction was public and therefore absolutely recorded. As are all auction sales. So, if one has illegally attained riches and spends his/her money on extravagant things like yachts and paintings, the only way to do so is with legitimate money. SO this is where money laundering comes in. How does one make this dirty money look legally attained? THATS money laundering... cash only business, flipping low cost property, flipping watches and cars under 10k then receiving the money legitimately. This is money laundering. Pretty easy to do. Once it’s done, grab your checkbook and LEGALLY spend those long ago dirty dollar bills. And you seem very knowledgeable in the whereabouts of all these pieces. Are you well entwined in the art world? And if so shouldn’t you have known your comment was contradictory? Now obviously this is just a RU-vid comment thread, but I think if you and I and everyone spent a little extra effort spreading knowledge, facts, and most importantly positivity, don’t you think everything would be better? It starts with the little stuff! Like getting your facts straight ;)

@@edkar7604 damn...

About 20 million less than Meules. The last one sold at auction was last year around 84 mil. There’s a total of 25 paintings in the meules series, and 8 of them are in private hands, I assume that’s why they’re so worth so much. Whereas the waterlillies are being sold left and right. One of his waterlillies was actually sold at this auction as well, sold for 20 mil I think? He also painted about 250 waterlillies in his lifetime. All with different price tags because it all depends on when he painted them in his lifetime

Close to half a billion. I love Monét

If a museum got this it would sick it in the basement an put a copy on display .

7654980 I don’t think so. I’ve pretty much been to every museum in the States and Europe and I think this would be a highlighted art piece in any reputable museums collection.

When you coming to NYC lots of museums here

Well it should be yours and only your if you fork over a large sum.

Haha. No. It belongs to it's owner. What you are really saying is "I am going to guilt trip this rich person into sharing his property with me because...it's for the "common good".

it would perfect in a new mansion on top of the hill

@@magnusgranskau7487 Yep, keep my beer, I gonna buy the hill for my Monet.

J Simo especially in a fake made up world. Nothing backs our $ anymore. It’s all fake

...And how they don’t care about money and real problems in the world.

Funny how you say that but i doubt you’ve donated a cent to a hunger charity

You are right. I love art but the human race took a wrong turning when it comes to what is considered valuable.

It’s vulgar n depraved actually

Art is like fine wine, you value a 100yo one more than a freshly bottled one.

Fredrik S tell that to all of the fine struggling artists out there watching ridiculously wealthy people trade contemporary balloon animals for 80 million dollars.

@@fredriks5090 you can drink on wine, while that you can see that already, and don't need to look again cause it's in your brain already and get dumped within a day cause it's not fun to look that everyday. instead buy money to enjoy yourself.

King Kong I really wonder if that’s what’s going on because it sure looks like that. Perhaps artists themselves should start their own ethical auction houses that only sell the works of living artists. Then shame the ones that want to exploit artists into absolute misery.

most of which is likely terrible.

It helps if the artist is dead…..

It's certainly a difficult profession for anybodys future financial success

The buyer is going to hold on to it until it worth more money then resell it

It will hide in a vault in Switzerland for eternity

I suppose the purchaser remains private.

I don’t think any painting has ever sold for $400M? 🤔

⁠@@star_wars_miniaturesDa vinci's salvator mundi

@@star_wars_miniatures Salvator Mundi was like 450 million euro

auctioneer commission gives!

The premiums, commissions, etc. they tack on at the end are a bitch - like 10-20%!!

It’s like buying a car. There’s always fees

shipping and handling. And "Other fees"

It’s only one God

r u serious?

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artpipe TX some are in the room. Most don’t show up.

Exactly

It's going to be loaned to a museum for tax purposes.

where do you meet these type of friends

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I know but if I was a billionaire I would buy art because I love art

Please.

@@metaparcel I truly hope you find and experience this feeling in you someday.

Same here. I saw Monet’s The Corner of the Apartment, and it was mesmerising. I’ll never forget the experience of seeing it for the very first time.

@@minachan9562 Yes , that one is also breathtaking. For some reason the floor enchanted me. And the window. It’s how he creates light. You can literally feel the time of the day in it. I don’t know I just really adore Monet so much.

He's not even better than Manet.

Do you know how many artists never see the light of day that are better. I dont, but it is a shit ton.

Monet painted several versions of the same scene there is one in the National Gallery of Scotland too.

Dill Simmons lol, that's cheap though. Try and buy something for $4,500 😎👍🏻

None, the money belongs to a private individual. You should be asking where are your tax dollars going and why aren't they being used for the poor? It's because the poor will always be with us. It is a problem that will never be solved.

You'll learn. Best Wishes, Romeo

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Waky , waky you are asleep.

The majority of museums are filled with art donated by the wealthy. The majority of museums themselves were built by the wealthy.