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    Image of macbeach macbeach
    03/24/09

    In reply to Mouthy Internet Mogul Halsey Minor Might Be Broke
    "Sotheby's says Minor told its employees that he couldn't pay because he didn't have the cash,"


    You mean that works?!


    Seems so obvious. Does Sotheby's sell groceries and the like?

     Reply
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    Image of rexworld rexworld
    03/24/09

    In reply to Mouthy Internet Mogul Halsey Minor Might Be Broke
    I enjoy a bit of the schadenfreude as much as anyone, but why this constant fascination with the follies and foibles of Halsey Minor?
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    03/09/09

    In reply to $28 Million Chair Idiot Buyer Revealed: Henry Kravis?
    Am I the ONLY one who notes the double negative? If you deny that neither of them purchased it, you're saying that one of them did.
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    Image of Screen Name Screen Name
    03/09/09

    In reply to $28 Million Chair Idiot Buyer Revealed: Henry Kravis?
    Hopefully the seller will have the good sense to take the money and reinvest it in a new chair. I've seen so many chair fortunes ruined by frivolous expenditures.
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    Image of JacquesPaysan JacquesPaysan
    03/09/09

    In reply to $28 Million Chair Idiot Buyer Revealed: Henry Kravis?
    Shouldn't it be "Idiot $28-Million Chair Buyer"?
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    Image of ADismalScience ADismalScience
    03/09/09

    In reply to $28 Million Chair Idiot Buyer Revealed: Henry Kravis?
    Hey, that chair is JUST like KKR: worth a fortune because an addled old guy says so. That whole auction was almost as detached from reality as private equity valuations.
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    Image of Rumpelstilskin Rumpelstilskin
    03/09/09

    In reply to $28 Million Chair Idiot Buyer Revealed: Henry Kravis?
    I do love Eileen Gray's work, but I would never in a million years have attributed this to her. Jejune? I don't know the date of la Chaise Cobre.
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    Image of OwenKlient OwenKlient
    03/09/09

    @Rumpelstilskin: I know where you are coming from, but the moment I saw the chair, I got an Eileen Gray feeling about it.
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    Image of Rumpelstilskin Rumpelstilskin
    03/09/09

    @OwenKlient: Hmmm. I got a Bugatti feeling myself.
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    Image of HiredGoons HiredGoons
    03/09/09

    In reply to $28 Million Chair Idiot Buyer Revealed: Henry Kravis?
    I don't even want to begin to think of what other uses that money could have been put to.
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    Image of maevemealone maevemealone
    03/09/09

    @HiredGoons: For $28 million you could clone the dna of mammoths, reincarnate them, develop a large breeding herd and then create countless sleigh chairs just like this from their tusks. You could even have a mammoth pull the chair through the snow for an extra mil or so. I could do all of the above and still not spend $28 million.
     Reply
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    Image of blogissuchanuglyword blogissuchanuglyword
    03/09/09

    In reply to $28 Million Chair Idiot Buyer Revealed: Henry Kravis?
    Is that the chair? Because it does look really comfortable
     Reply
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    03/09/09

    In reply to $28 Million Chair Idiot Buyer Revealed: Henry Kravis?
    But if the guy didn't buy something like this, the makers of $28 million chairs would be out of work. He may still need a tax cut.
     Reply
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    Image of Rumpelstilskin Rumpelstilskin
    03/09/09

    @Smitros: Hear, hear. It's shovel-ready.
     Reply
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    03/09/09

    @Rumpelstilskin:


    There would be great performance art potential in putting a few high-caliber slugs in that thing.

     Reply
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    03/09/09

    @Rumpelstilskin: Why, yes it is.
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    03/09/09

    In reply to $28 Million Chair Idiot Buyer Revealed: Henry Kravis?
    HOWLING! Who else but Henry Kravis, whose home was parodied in the movie version of Bonfire of the Vanities, I believe.
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    Image of Rumpelstilskin Rumpelstilskin
    03/09/09

    In reply to $28 Million Chair Idiot Buyer Revealed: Henry Kravis?
    I'm surprised Marie would let it through the door! The Alien comes to Fifth Avenue.
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    Image of DaveCrabtree DaveCrabtree
    03/09/09

    @Rumpelstilskin: It is, um, ah, how would you say, rather, ah, ugly as shit?
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    Image of Rumpelstilskin Rumpelstilskin
    03/09/09

    @DaveCrabtree: Un morceau de merde?
     Reply
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    03/09/09

    In reply to $28 Million Chair Idiot Buyer Revealed: Henry Kravis?
    The Emperor Has No Furniture.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    03/09/09

    @DahlELama: The emperor needs his ottoman.
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    Image of TerseNursePornstein TerseNursePornstein
    02/09/09

    In reply to Christie's Auction Girls Happier Than Ever to Be Poor
    Raising the fail paddle here, NYT. We reformed auction house girls know you only celebrate the financial infelicities of friends with big lot potential. (And death. We like death.)
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    Image of Mafalda para Presidente Mafalda para Presidente
    02/08/09

    In reply to Christie's Auction Girls Happier Than Ever to Be Poor
    5-6 years of college and 19K/year?


    It's an effed-up world, indeed. I think the manager at McDs who has a GED is making more than that.


    (Also, it reminds me to remind myself to stay put where I am in the science field.)

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