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Re: Surrealist painting found in recycling bin at German airport

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Post by antisthenes »

vmception wrote: post #8
underseacables wrote: post #2

Imagine you’re so wealthy that you would rather leave behind a $340,000 painting than miss your flight

In my first luxury apartment, I was paranoid to leave the door unlocked even momentarily to go to the trash shoot. The concern wears off. The only thing that doesn't wear off is understanding that you wont get any sympathy for the real situations you get into for the rest of your life. That’s the price of admission.

> The only thing that doesn't wear off is understanding that you wont get any sympathy for the real situations you get into for the rest of your life

If you're wealthy, why would you expect sympathy for anything other than terminal illness of yourself or your loved ones? (or similar issues you have no control over)

Because for all other issues, you can just call up a service, pay them and have the problem go away.

Re: Surrealist painting found in recycling bin at German airport

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Post by IfOnlyYouKnew »

ipodopt wrote: post #6
tillinghast wrote: post #4

Lol, I'm looking at this painting thinking: who ripped off whom, Dalí or this guy? Turns out: Dalí. From wikipedia: "Dalí was also influenced by the work of Yves Tanguy, and he later allegedly told Tanguy's niece, 'I pinched everything from your uncle Yves.'" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Dal%C3%AD

your comment led me here to Yves's wife's wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Sage

I'm somewhat taken by her work Tomorrow is Never, as shown in the article or, in slightly better resolution, at https://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/api/collection/v1/iiif/4...

It's 97 cm x 1.36 m originally and I need to get back to the MET and see it. Also copyright in circumstances like this needs to suck a surreal clock that looks, tastes, and trains an equivocating hamster exactly as a dick does.

Re: Surrealist painting found in recycling bin at German airport

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Post by vmception »

antisthenes wrote: post #11
vmception wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In my first luxury apartment, I was paranoid to leave the door unlocked even momentarily to go to the trash shoot. The concern wears off. The only thing that doesn't wear off is understanding that you wont get any sympathy for the real situations you get into for the rest of your life. That’s the price of admission.

> The only thing that doesn't wear off is understanding that you wont get any sympathy for the real situations you get into for the rest of your life If you're wealthy, why would you expect sympathy for anything other than terminal illness of yourself or your loved ones? (or similar issues you have no control over) Because for all other issues, you can just call up a service, pay them and have the problem go away.

its actually worse than that, its complete apathy. its understanding that people will feel prideful about loudly expressing their complete apathy over whatever problem you have.

wealthy people have problems, you can make a lot and improve your own network by simply listening and being that service.

Re: Surrealist painting found in recycling bin at German airport

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Post by rsynnott »

jeofken wrote: post #14

Travelling from Germany (in EU) to Israel (outside of EU) with something worth 300k - is there any chance it’s not someone trying to hide a big transfer from the German state? (Good for him if so! Tax evasion is moral)

Silly way to do it if so. "Anything to declare?" "No! Certainly not this huge cardboard box I'm carrying!"

That sort of smuggling would normally depend on small high-value items. Not bloody huge ones.

And in general, unless the money is dirty, there should be no particular problem transferring money from Germany to Israel.

Re: Surrealist painting found in recycling bin at German airport

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Post by k_sze »

rsynnott wrote: post #15
jeofken wrote: post #14

Travelling from Germany (in EU) to Israel (outside of EU) with something worth 300k - is there any chance it’s not someone trying to hide a big transfer from the German state? (Good for him if so! Tax evasion is moral)

Silly way to do it if so. "Anything to declare?" "No! Certainly not this huge cardboard box I'm carrying!" That sort of smuggling would normally depend on small high-value items. Not bloody huge ones. And in general, unless the money is dirty, there should be no particular problem transferring money from Germany to Israel.

Or he could be betting on the customs officers not knowing Yves Tanguy. He could just claim that it’s a random cheapish painting he bought as a gift, especially since it’s unsigned and undated.

In contrast, everybody knows what a gold bullion is.

Re: Surrealist painting found in recycling bin at German airport

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Post by kjs3 »

IfOnlyYouKnew wrote: post #10

> thoroughly examined the contents of paper recycling dumpsters used by the cleaning crew. I've seen comments elsewhere noting how German it supposedly is to examine the paper dumpsters only, and to actually be right about it. So to nip this in the bud, let me state for the record that these are mediocre Germans at best: Oil-on-canvas does not belong in the paper recycling. They should have separated the cardboard bo…

The paint could have contained lead or other heavy metals. Clearly, not mediocre but below average.

P.S. - Showed your post to some of my German colleagues. They laughed. They never laugh.

Re: Surrealist painting found in recycling bin at German airport

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Post by 9HZZRfNlpR »

antisthenes wrote: post #11
vmception wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In my first luxury apartment, I was paranoid to leave the door unlocked even momentarily to go to the trash shoot. The concern wears off. The only thing that doesn't wear off is understanding that you wont get any sympathy for the real situations you get into for the rest of your life. That’s the price of admission.

> The only thing that doesn't wear off is understanding that you wont get any sympathy for the real situations you get into for the rest of your life If you're wealthy, why would you expect sympathy for anything other than terminal illness of yourself or your loved ones? (or similar issues you have no control over) Because for all other issues, you can just call up a service, pay them and have the problem go away.

95% of the America is wealthy for and compared to me, also compared to the most of the world. Doesn't mean I can't be compassionate about your working class problems etc.

All the problems in my life, for you are a phone call away too.

Re: Surrealist painting found in recycling bin at German airport

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Post by huntedsnark »

IfOnlyYouKnew wrote: post #10

> thoroughly examined the contents of paper recycling dumpsters used by the cleaning crew. I've seen comments elsewhere noting how German it supposedly is to examine the paper dumpsters only, and to actually be right about it. So to nip this in the bud, let me state for the record that these are mediocre Germans at best: Oil-on-canvas does not belong in the paper recycling. They should have separated the cardboard bo…

Nip in the "bud" not "butt" as long as we're offing exacting critiques ;)

https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/nip+in+the+bud

Re: Surrealist painting found in recycling bin at German airport

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Post by ineedasername »

tillinghast wrote: post #4

Lol, I'm looking at this painting thinking: who ripped off whom, Dalí or this guy? Turns out: Dalí. From wikipedia: "Dalí was also influenced by the work of Yves Tanguy, and he later allegedly told Tanguy's niece, 'I pinched everything from your uncle Yves.'" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Dal%C3%AD

Pretty much the whole evolution of art consists of creative rip-offs of what came before.
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