[Leica] Ten most expensive photographs

[rcmphoto at yahoo.com (R. Clayton McKee)]

--- On Thu, 2/10/11, Peter Cheyne <geordiepete211 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> <www.worldinterestingfacts.com/art/top-10-most-expensive-photos-in-the-world-ever-sold.html>
> 
> I am baffled how number 1 reached that price.
> 
> Interesting that a photo by Mevedev sold for $1.75M.



With "art" markets and museum bidders you just never know about one-offs and 
such.  Prestige can be much more important than actual value.  Watched a 
couple of museum guys run the prices on some classic autos WAY out of 
rational a few years back... and neither really wanted the cars, they just 
wanted to make sure the OTHER guy didn't get them.  Hammer fever can be a 
fun spectator sport.

I suspect the price on that Medvedev piece had more to do with politics than 
the value or rarity of the image. 

The Gursky...  Well.  Do Not Get This.  Just don't get.


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R. Clayton McKee
PhotoJournalist
from somewhere just south of somewhere else...