And in a few years he'll be able to sell it for $40 million. Or donate it to an institution and receive a massive tax benefit.
The Honus Wagner Baseball card came free with a box of cigarettes and one of the 57 remaining recently sold for $2.35 million.
This kind of elite horse trading isn't limited to art so why does art always have to take the vitriol?
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Building an artificial intelligence that appreciates Mozart is easy. Building an A.I. that appreciates a theme restaurant is the real challenge - Kit Roebuck - Nine Planets Without Intelligent Life
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