Painting by William Barak – the last chief of the Yarra Yarra tribe – sold for 504,000 AUD
Posted on Aug 7 - Filed Under Arts | View Comments
William Barak’s painting, the Corroboree, was sold for 504,000 AUD ($421,797) at Sotheby’s during the “Aboriginal Art” auction event. The whole auction brought in some 2,581,560 AUD and William Barak’s painting was sold for the highest price, for 2 times of the pre-auction estimate.
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Odd and stunning multi-million dollar sales
Posted on Nov 17 - Filed Under Miscellaneous | View Comments
Here is a list of either odd or stunningly unique million-dollar sales. Oddities with great items are purposefully mixed for your reading pleasure on this slow Monday evening (or Tuesday morning depending on where you are):
10-year old kid pays $2 million for a license plate
Record setting prices were paid for license plates with special plate numbers in Abu Dahbi this summer including for one by a 10-year old. Watch the video for the astronomical numbers:
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What One Million Buys on Facebook
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