New York art dealer accused of stealing $88 million from investors, including John McEnroe, by selling the same painting multiple times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/27/nyreg ... ss&emc=rss
Apparently, he sold "shares" in the paintings, that, in true Producers fashion, added up to more than the entire painting. Some of the paintings were by Robert De Niro, Sr., father of the actor.
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Re: The Bernie Madoff School of Fine Art
Since when do the rich and famous buy shares in a painting?
How do you display that on your wall?
How do you display that on your wall?
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Re: The Bernie Madoff School of Fine Art
What a great idea! I'm going to start selling of shares in my portraits....
Anyone want to buy 50 shares of Marley?
Anyone want to buy 50 shares of Marley?
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--squirrelmama (10/3/07)
Many of these (squirrel) migrations were probably caused by food shortages as well as habitat overcrowding. We solved that for them. We not only reduced their habitat, we reduced the whole species by about 90%. The least we can do now is share a little birdseed with them.
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Re: The Bernie Madoff School of Fine Art
Is it on black velvet?Evil Squirrel wrote:What a great idea! I'm going to start selling of shares in my portraits....
Anyone want to buy 50 shares of Marley?
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Re: The Bernie Madoff School of Fine Art
ulysses5019 wrote:Is it on black velvet?Evil Squirrel wrote:What a great idea! I'm going to start selling of shares in my portraits....
Anyone want to buy 50 shares of Marley?
Actually it's on my bathroom wall. It could use a squirt of two of Tilex to bring out the beauty, but other than that....
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Re: The Bernie Madoff School of Fine Art
littlebeast13 wrote:ulysses5019 wrote:Is it on black velvet?Evil Squirrel wrote:What a great idea! I'm going to start selling of shares in my portraits....
Anyone want to buy 50 shares of Marley?
Actually it's on my bathroom wall. It could use a squirt of two of Tilex to bring out the beauty, but other than that....
lb13
Are you sure that's Tilex?
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