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Old 05-05-2010, 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by calvindog View Post
Greg, I think you made a Freudian slip; you wrote that the leaves were covered in 'pain.' I appreciate your appreciation for the suffering of the leaves in the painting.
Nah, the only one suffering here is the purchaser, from adding to his or her burden of material things. I just read a statement by a Christie's official and like him, I am delighted people are spending hundreds of millions on art again after having their lives so compromised by the transient market collapse during which they refocused their efforts on stablizing their portfolios. it must have been tough.
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