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    This Chair Is Totally Worth $28 Million if You Think About It

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    Image of lawyergay lawyergay
    02/26/09

    In reply to This Chair Is Totally Worth $28 Million if You Think About It
    Any word on who actually purchased the $28MM chair? I need a focus for my populist rage.
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    Image of miss_msry miss_msry
    02/25/09

    In reply to This Chair Is Totally Worth $28 Million if You Think About It
    Hamilton, don't they got any culture on the left coast? Sideboard, everyone's got one.
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    Image of CaptainFantastic CaptainFantastic
    02/25/09

    @miss_msry: or buffet.
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    Image of overunderover overunderover
    02/25/09

    In reply to This Chair Is Totally Worth $28 Million if You Think About It
    Proving, once and for all, clothing is supremely overpriced.
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    Image of fileunder fileunder
    02/25/09

    In reply to This Chair Is Totally Worth $28 Million if You Think About It
    A $28m Dragon Chair is way worse than John Thain's $35k komodo.
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    Image of comedydude comedydude
    02/25/09

    In reply to This Chair Is Totally Worth $28 Million if You Think About It
    Where are its sex organs?
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    02/25/09

    @comedydude: It's neutered. But you can still milk it.
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    Image of i'm a bottle i'm a bottle
    02/25/09

    In reply to This Chair Is Totally Worth $28 Million if You Think About It
    Hmmmm, it just occured to me that this chair is worth twelve and a half million dollars more than the entire corpus of Annie Leibovitz's work -- and that's with her two townhouses in Greenwich Village and a country house thrown in.
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    Image of propertius propertius
    02/25/09

    @i'm a bottle: And it doesn't even have a roof or plumbing.
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    Image of i'm a bottle i'm a bottle
    02/25/09

    @propertius: But it's probably more strucurally sound than the townhouse that she bought.
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    02/25/09

    @i'm a bottle: structurally.
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    Image of ADismalScience ADismalScience
    02/25/09

    In reply to This Chair Is Totally Worth $28 Million if You Think About It
    Anyone still curious why Thain needed an 88K rug, or why Citi needed a jet? These people are the clients.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    02/25/09

    In reply to This Chair Is Totally Worth $28 Million if You Think About It
    An ass-ugly chair for an asshat collector. And it doesn't even recline.
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    Image of bringmemyTofu bringmemyTofu
    02/25/09

    @BadUncle: And it doesn't have my favorite sports team's logo on it. I mean, come on.
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    02/25/09

    In reply to This Chair Is Totally Worth $28 Million if You Think About It
    You know the first thing they're going to do when they get it home is sniff it.
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    Image of gonzosmom gonzosmom
    02/25/09

    In reply to This Chair Is Totally Worth $28 Million if You Think About It
    Here's the deal:

    The person who bought it will donate it to some museum. It becomes a tax write-off. However, ownership will always be clear by that lovely brass/bristol board tag that they put up noting the donators name. They're then mentioned in every museum periodical in both hemispheres. Voila - instant star status and another snub to the poors.


    And it would have never fit in my appliance box. ALthough, I am about to acquire another one which will give me cardboard condo status. Hope there are no fees...

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    Image of SaraRueful SaraRueful
    02/25/09

    @gonzosmom: Are you zoned for that? You don't want to take the time and effort if the hobo in the sleeping bag next door is just gonna say you're blocking his view of the Dumpster.
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    Image of Spaceman Bill Leah Spaceman Bill Leah
    02/25/09

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    For $28 million that chair better be made out of actual dragon. Or at least dinosaur passing as dragon.
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    Image of bringmemyTofu bringmemyTofu
    02/25/09

    In reply to This Chair Is Totally Worth $28 Million if You Think About It
    The conversations this chair will start are worth at LEAST $28 million.
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    02/25/09

    In reply to This Chair Is Totally Worth $28 Million if You Think About It
    Rich people. Always good for a chortle.
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    Image of uninspired uninspired
    02/25/09

    In reply to This Chair Is Totally Worth $28 Million if You Think About It
    28M can't buy good taste.
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    Image of Sarcastro Sarcastro
    02/25/09

    In reply to This Chair Is Totally Worth $28 Million if You Think About It
    Give me 10 percent of what you paid for that chair and I won't set it ablaze.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    02/25/09

    @Sarcastro: The only offense for which I was arrested in college was setting a chair on fire. I can give technical assistance.
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    Image of SidAndFinancy SidAndFinancy
    02/25/09

    @BadUncle: Same with me! Unfortunately, the Dean of Students was sitting in it at the time.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    02/25/09

    @SidAndFinancy: Poor timing! If first hurl the chair off a rooftop, you'll be sure to clear out any cargo.
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