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₦50.9Billion: The Pointing Man, World's Most Expensive Sculpture Ever Sold(pic) by Explorers(m): 12:10pm On Mar 16, 2019
L'Homme au doigt (Pointing Man or Man Pointing) is a 1947 bronze sculpture by Alberto Giacometti, that became the most expensive sculpture ever when it sold for US$141.3 million on 11 May 2015.

Giacometti made six casts of the work plus one artist's proof. Pointing Man is in the collections of New York's Museum of Modern Art London's Tate Gallery, and the Des Moines Art Center.

One of the others is also in a museum, and the rest are in foundation collections or owned privately.

L’homme au doigt sold for $126 million, or $141.3 million with fees, in Christie's 11 May 2015 Looking Forward to the Past sale in New York, a record for a sculpture at auction.

The work had been in Sheldon Solow's private collection for 45 years.




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Homme_au_doigt
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Re: ₦50.9Billion: The Pointing Man, World's Most Expensive Sculpture Ever Sold(pic) by Ifeconwaba(m): 12:13pm On Mar 16, 2019
oyibo people

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Re: ₦50.9Billion: The Pointing Man, World's Most Expensive Sculpture Ever Sold(pic) by louiskay(m): 12:13pm On Mar 16, 2019
bang
Re: ₦50.9Billion: The Pointing Man, World's Most Expensive Sculpture Ever Sold(pic) by ramdris(m): 12:26pm On Mar 16, 2019
This is really crazy... White sha!

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Re: ₦50.9Billion: The Pointing Man, World's Most Expensive Sculpture Ever Sold(pic) by Influential101: 12:57pm On Mar 16, 2019
What's this? It doesn't even look fine

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Re: ₦50.9Billion: The Pointing Man, World's Most Expensive Sculpture Ever Sold(pic) by dhebo(m): 1:17pm On Mar 16, 2019
Watch them describe the sculpture to you
Re: ₦50.9Billion: The Pointing Man, World's Most Expensive Sculpture Ever Sold(pic) by Nbote(m): 1:35pm On Mar 16, 2019
Oyibo ppl and their love for d abstract...
Re: ₦50.9Billion: The Pointing Man, World's Most Expensive Sculpture Ever Sold(pic) by Raydos: 3:28pm On Mar 16, 2019
Oyinbo are very good when it comes to branding


If they take your poo and rebrand it for you, I swear you will buy it 50million not knowing its actually your own poo

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Re: ₦50.9Billion: The Pointing Man, World's Most Expensive Sculpture Ever Sold(pic) by logon599: 7:48pm On Mar 16, 2019
No na small thing de make me quick vex. No be 12mm rod wey iron bender de cut for here dem cut use do that guy legs? Come scatter some bronze for top pere. Naim come be how much?? Ni kini??

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Re: ₦50.9Billion: The Pointing Man, World's Most Expensive Sculpture Ever Sold(pic) by ReneeNuttall(f): 9:38pm On Mar 16, 2019
I can't really process what this art is all about that makes it bag such outrageous amount of money.....these oyinbo people sef.

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Re: ₦50.9Billion: The Pointing Man, World's Most Expensive Sculpture Ever Sold(pic) by Nobody: 10:16pm On Mar 16, 2019
Why pay so much for this kpanla sculpture?
Re: ₦50.9Billion: The Pointing Man, World's Most Expensive Sculpture Ever Sold(pic) by Nobody: 4:51am On Mar 17, 2019
Ifeconwaba:
oyibo people
...and Iberibeism.
Most of the rich oyibos will rather spend on unimportant things than give the money to the poor. They believe that if they worked hard to make the money, every other person should and to a great extent, I don't blame them.

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Re: ₦50.9Billion: The Pointing Man, World's Most Expensive Sculpture Ever Sold(pic) by ValCon888: 10:26am On Mar 17, 2019
That's why its called the pointing man.
Because its pointing at their stupidity.

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Re: ₦50.9Billion: The Pointing Man, World's Most Expensive Sculpture Ever Sold(pic) by OlujobaSamuel: 8:39am On Mar 18, 2019
This one better na, I saw one called invisible painting, a portrait with nothing on it, you just imagine the painting in your head, the price was just too ridiculous for me to reason such

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Re: ₦50.9Billion: The Pointing Man, World's Most Expensive Sculpture Ever Sold(pic) by hahn(m): 10:47am On Mar 18, 2019
ValCon888:
That's why its called the pointing man.
Because its pointing at their stupidity.

I died cheesy grin

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Re: ₦50.9Billion: The Pointing Man, World's Most Expensive Sculpture Ever Sold(pic) by CosmicPhoenix: 10:50am On Mar 18, 2019
this sponge looking thing is worth 50 billion undecided

Re: ₦50.9Billion: The Pointing Man, World's Most Expensive Sculpture Ever Sold(pic) by selfmadeOLX(m): 10:58am On Mar 18, 2019
Inside life grin
Re: ₦50.9Billion: The Pointing Man, World's Most Expensive Sculpture Ever Sold(pic) by heskeyw(m): 10:12pm On Mar 18, 2019
They should come and sell this one too.

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Re: ₦50.9Billion: The Pointing Man, World's Most Expensive Sculpture Ever Sold(pic) by heskeyw(m): 10:13pm On Mar 18, 2019
This is a picture, not a human being. Oil on canvas. Naija artists are talented
Re: ₦50.9Billion: The Pointing Man, World's Most Expensive Sculpture Ever Sold(pic) by calculator123(m): 1:43am On Mar 19, 2019
I don't fancy this kind of artwork but the person wey buy am know wetin him dey see
Re: ₦50.9Billion: The Pointing Man, World's Most Expensive Sculpture Ever Sold(pic) by Rexnegro(m): 5:15am On Mar 19, 2019
too much money should not drive people crazy na.

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