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Old 02-22-2012, 04:16 PM
 
Location: Nantahala National Forest, NC
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Sotheby's NY will offer for sale this spring one of the 4 versions of Edvard Munch's painting The Scream.

This version is the last to remain in private hands and is expected to bring in around $80 million dollars.
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Old 02-27-2012, 02:32 PM
 
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Im going to buy it
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Old 02-28-2012, 05:55 AM
 
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Im going to buy it

Why bother. It could be (and has been) convincingly copied by a high school artist and it already appears on everything kids' lunchboxes and notebook covers to key chains all over the world.

In the case of the Scream, it is only the fact of ownership and not even the uniqueness of the item itself that drives the price.

Why not just buy a paper certificate that says that the collector owns it? Syndicate it. 100 owners pay $800,000 each and get a certificate that says they own it. Hang the certificate on the wall. No insurance required.
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