The Amazing World Of Buying & Selling Art

[Revoltingest]

In the news....
Italian Artist Salvatore Garau Has Just Sold an Invisible Sculpture for $18,000 USD
Excerpted....
Italian artist Salvatore Garau has just sold an invisible sculpture for $18,000 USD. The Io Sono (I am) sculpture, as the artist explains, exists but just not in material form, and is actually more like a “vacuum.”

The 67-year-old went on to elaborate that, “the vacuum is nothing more than a space full of energy, and even if we empty it and there is nothing left, according to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, that ‘nothing’ has a weight. Therefore, it has energy that is condensed and transformed into particles, that is, into us.” Much like how we “shape a god we’ve never seen.”

The “sculpture” is intended to be displayed in a 5×5-foot square and must be displayed in a private space free from obstructions where lighting and climate control are not required. Reiterating that even if you can’t see it, it does exist, Garau included a certificate of authentication to the purchaser.

 

[ChristineM]

In the news....
Italian Artist Salvatore Garau Has Just Sold an Invisible Sculpture for $18,000 USD
Excerpted....
Italian artist Salvatore Garau has just sold an invisible sculpture for $18,000 USD. The Io Sono (I am) sculpture, as the artist explains, exists but just not in material form, and is actually more like a “vacuum.”

The 67-year-old went on to elaborate that, “the vacuum is nothing more than a space full of energy, and even if we empty it and there is nothing left, according to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, that ‘nothing’ has a weight. Therefore, it has energy that is condensed and transformed into particles, that is, into us.” Much like how we “shape a god we’ve never seen.”

The “sculpture” is intended to be displayed in a 5×5-foot square and must be displayed in a private space free from obstructions where lighting and climate control are not required. Reiterating that even if you can’t see it, it does exist, Garau included a certificate of authentication to the purchaser.

Better than religion...

 

[Revoltingest]

Better than religion...

Damning with faint praise, eh.

 

[Mock Turtle]

In the news....
Italian Artist Salvatore Garau Has Just Sold an Invisible Sculpture for $18,000 USD
Excerpted....
Italian artist Salvatore Garau has just sold an invisible sculpture for $18,000 USD. The Io Sono (I am) sculpture, as the artist explains, exists but just not in material form, and is actually more like a “vacuum.”

The 67-year-old went on to elaborate that, “the vacuum is nothing more than a space full of energy, and even if we empty it and there is nothing left, according to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, that ‘nothing’ has a weight. Therefore, it has energy that is condensed and transformed into particles, that is, into us.” Much like how we “shape a god we’ve never seen.”

The “sculpture” is intended to be displayed in a 5×5-foot square and must be displayed in a private space free from obstructions where lighting and climate control are not required. Reiterating that even if you can’t see it, it does exist, Garau included a certificate of authentication to the purchaser.

Best viewed whilst listening to John Cage's 4min 33sec on headphones.

 

[Vinayaka]

In the news....
Italian Artist Salvatore Garau Has Just Sold an Invisible Sculpture for $18,000 USD
Excerpted....
Italian artist Salvatore Garau has just sold an invisible sculpture for $18,000 USD. The Io Sono (I am) sculpture, as the artist explains, exists but just not in material form, and is actually more like a “vacuum.”

The 67-year-old went on to elaborate that, “the vacuum is nothing more than a space full of energy, and even if we empty it and there is nothing left, according to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, that ‘nothing’ has a weight. Therefore, it has energy that is condensed and transformed into particles, that is, into us.” Much like how we “shape a god we’ve never seen.”

The “sculpture” is intended to be displayed in a 5×5-foot square and must be displayed in a private space free from obstructions where lighting and climate control are not required. Reiterating that even if you can’t see it, it does exist, Garau included a certificate of authentication to the purchaser.

Who knows what shape those pheromones take as they go wafting across a room? Somebody needs to invent a pheromone camera, and sell the pictures of their shapes.

 

[ChristineM]

Damning with faint praise, eh.

Nope , that's faith praise

 

[Revoltingest]

Who knows what shape those pheromones take as they go wafting across a room? Somebody needs to invent a pheromone camera, and sell the pictures of their shapes.

I plan to sell a 1000 page book of my philosophy.
The text will be invisible.
Many varied deep meanings could be read into it.
Signed 1st editions are available for the bargain
price of $10,000 (plus shipping & handling).

 

[80s fashion girl]

 

[Revoltingest]

Are you upset at having missed the opportunity to own it?

 

[80s fashion girl]

Are you upset at having missed the opportunity to own it?

Maybe, but I could make my own! It would be fantastic! Original! Superstupendous!

 

[Subduction Zone]

I plan to sell a 1000 page book of my philosophy.
The text will be invisible.
Many varied deep meanings could be read into it.
Signed 1st editions are available for the bargain
price of $10,000 (plus shipping & handling).

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Okay you need some work on your understanding of marketing. Now this man is a genius. Please note that he did manage to sell his work. Now he can sell limited edition reproductions, at a lower price of course, but along with some sort of certification. Once that catches on you lower the price even more. The real money is when one mass produces the work and sells the piece for just $10.00 or so. If he sells ten million copes at that price he will net a cool hundred million dollars, minus minor expenses.

The hard part would be keeping that serious look on his face long enough.

 

[Revoltingest]

Maybe, but I could make my own! It would be fantastic! Original! Superstupendous!

Would it be to dear to sell, or would you be
willing to part with it...for the right price?

 

[Revoltingest]

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Okay you need some work on your understanding of marketing. Now this man is a genius. Please note that he did manage to sell his work. Now he can sell limited edition reproductions, at a lower price of course, but along with some sort of certification. Once that catches on you lower the price even more. The real money is when one mass produces the work and sells the piece for just $10.00 or so. If he sells ten million copes at that price he will net a cool hundred million dollars, minus minor expenses.

The hard part would be keeping that serious look on his face long enough.

I've already forged a copy of his sculpture.

 

[Estro Felino]

Someone said: "" conceptual art will become more and more radical, until there will be no need of selling material things as works of arts, any more. Concepts will be sold instead"".
LOL

 

[sun rise]

Finally the secret of the "somebody else's problem field" first revealed to us in the Hitchhiker's Guide has been applied to making money not just to avoiding problems.

It's capitalism on the march and all capitalists should jump up and applaud wildly at the triumph of greed.

 

[Revoltingest]

Finally the secret of the "somebody else's problem field" first revealed to us in the Hitchhiker's Guide has been applied to making money not just to avoiding problems.

It's capitalism on the march and all capitalists should jump up and applaud wildly at the triumph of greed.

Willing seller & willing buyer of something
that entertains art lovers, & harms no one.
That must really offend you.

 

[Estro Felino]

New Michelangelos still exist today...in 2021

Figlio Velato - Wikipedia

I didn't know that The Veiled Son was carved out of Vermont marble.

 

[Vinayaka]

I plan to sell a 1000 page book of my philosophy.
The text will be invisible.
Many varied deep meanings could be read into it.
Signed 1st editions are available for the bargain
price of $10,000 (plus shipping & handling).

Only 1000 pages? Jeepers yur lazy.

 

[Revoltingest]

Only 1000 pages? Jeepers yur lazy.

My work here is demanding.
You wouldn't want to see me slack off here, would you?

 

[Vinayaka]

My work here is demanding.
You wouldn't want to see me slack off here, would you?

Hire a ghost writer then. Doesn't sound too hard to stick with the original intent. Your outline is coherent and excellent. Heck, I'll volunteer.