90 million pounds for a painting?

[Percyprod]

I'm not saying if you have £90,000,000 you shouldn't be able to spend it on what you want, but could someone explain why a not particularly good painting of a man standing by a swimming pool looking at another man underwater is worth that sort of money? I really am totally baffled. Even if It was a great painting, how can it be worth that much?

 

[telectrix]

if I was the man in the painting, then it would be worth £90m. .

 

[Spoon]

Just look as how much someone pays for some bloke to kick a ball round a field for less than 2 hours...

 

[Silly Sausage]

"£90m"

Is that milliPounds?

 

[Spoon]

Just a correction on th OP's post... Its only $90 million. (£70 million)
David Hockney painting smashes record for living artist as artwork fetches $90 million at auction - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/16/david-hockney-painting-smashes-record-living-artist-artwork/

 

[westward10]

Probably the most influential artist to come from this country, to me it is a great piece of work and the cost of something is only relative. If I had the money would I, yes.

 

[MDJ]

well we pay footballers 25 million a year for kicking a ball about for 90 mins a week and they are all nancy boys, at least the painting will last for century's if looked after and grow in wealth.

 

[Squid]

if I was the man in the painting, then it would be worth £.90 pence. .

;o)))

 

[Squid]

It will all be someway associated with a tax dodge or limiting someones exposure to a tax bill. People with money know how to play the game be it with cars or art.

 

[Percyprod]

Bit it isn't even very good . And if that's the influence he&d had then no wonder there's so much rubbish called 'art'. I suppose at 99 million dollars it's a bit better.

 

[westward10]

Good or bad is subjective and is in the eye of the beholder, I would personally never get bored of it. I agree a lot of art has zero appeal to me but again this is subjective, to me David Hockneys work stands on its own level and is unique as is the artist.

 

[dave274]

its how the upper classes stop the working classes from getting into their club, pay stupid amounts of money for stuff. its like with the children in need charity auctions on radio 2, the moment the bidding starts poor people can forget it because some rich --- is willing to pay 30,000 to have tea with someone off tv. I know its for charity but I find it in bad taste to basically show the people its trying to help that they are not as worthy as rich people.

 

[Squid]

its how the upper classes stop the working classes from getting into their club, pay stupid amounts of money for stuff. its like with the children in need charity auctions on radio 2, the moment the bidding starts poor people can forget it because some rich --- is willing to pay 30,000 to have tea with someone off tv. I know its for charity but I find it in bad taste to basically show the people its trying to help that they are not as worthy as rich people.

Should have tried harder at school and became a plumber..........

 

[westward10]

its how the upper classes stop the working classes from getting into their club, pay stupid amounts of money for stuff. its like with the children in need charity auctions on radio 2, the moment the bidding starts poor people can forget it because some rich --- is willing to pay 30,000 to have tea with someone off tv. I know its for charity but I find it in bad taste to basically show the people its trying to help that they are not as worthy as rich people.

That bitter pill must be hard to swallow.

 

[Squid]

its how the upper classes stop the working classes from getting into their club, pay stupid amounts of money for stuff. its like with the children in need charity auctions on radio 2, the moment the bidding starts poor people can forget it because some rich --- is willing to pay 30,000 to have tea with someone off tv. I know its for charity but I find it in bad taste to basically show the people its trying to help that they are not as worthy as rich people.

Alan Sugar for example was born in Hackney on a council estate to immigrant working class parents, if you have the hunger you will make it in life in your chosen field, so stop being a defeatist and blaming your woe's on others ;o)))