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KenWittlief 30-05-2006 21:48

Re: Buy a painting of your team number!
 
$65.10? for an unsigned painting?

tell you what, if anyone wants a painting of their team number I will create a number painting for you, for ONLY $64.95!

and I will sign it for FREE!

Bill_Hancoc 30-05-2006 22:08

Re: Buy a painting of your team number!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Katie Reynolds

"That's where you're wrong," he said. "It's only worth what someone will pay for it."

Have i heard that pleanty of times my dad sayd that all the time

Ryan Dognaux 30-05-2006 22:18

Re: Buy a painting of your team number!
 
Honestly, I hope this person sells every last one of them. These things are awesome and the internet makes it possible.

I think things like this are great. For example, http://oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com/ is another example of how the internet can be used - this guy has slowly but surely traded up from one red paperclip to bigger and better things.

RogerR 30-05-2006 22:25

Re: Buy a painting of your team number!
 
the painting of number '42' has sold out.

go figure.

Jeff Rodriguez 30-05-2006 22:34

Re: Buy a painting of your team number!
 
So, who's got the most expensive one?
173 is $248.10

Rohith Surampudi 30-05-2006 22:46

Re: Buy a painting of your team number!
 
umm I'm not quite sure why these are worth so much, if i went out and painted a number on a piece of canvas i wouldn't get more than 2 bucks for it, it looks like a waste of money, if you have access to a high DPI Plotter or printer you can make even more awesome prints of your team number.

Daisy 30-05-2006 22:57

Re: Buy a painting of your team number!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Ogre
So, who's got the most expensive one?
173 is $248.10

from the one's still available that'd be 16. From the original, that'd be 1. They have the handy dandy calculator, that takes the number out of 1000! And then you have a 70% discount! woo hoo. Oh look, it went to 60%. Who bought 100 of these? I don't even understand payment for it signed. 200 DOLLARS for a board?

kind of ironic that the one that requires the least amount of work, is the one that someone paid most for.

Quote:

Originally Posted by http://www.onethousandpaintings.com/home/
Price calculator:
Value = 1000 - number.
Initial discount: 90%.
Current discount: 60%.
The discount will decrease by an absolute 10% for every 100 paintings sold.
Min. price: $40.

haha, this is the kind of thing that makes me laugh.

Daisy

KenWittlief 31-05-2006 09:21

Re: Buy a painting of your team number!
 
I just heard a rumor that number 391 was left blank by accident (a mistake by the artist)

this makes the blank 391 painting very rare: it is presently valued by Llyods of Lundon at $72,395,000 (US)

Lil' Lavery 31-05-2006 15:24

Re: Buy a painting of your team number!
 
116 sold, go figure, but 115 and 117 are still there :/

Reyner 31-05-2006 18:22

Re: Buy a painting of your team number!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by sanddrag
Whoever is doing it will probably become filthy rich from it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ryan Dognaux
These things are awesome and the internet makes it possible.

Yeah, it's kind of a stupid thing, but it just goes to show you what the internet can do!

Richard Wallace 31-05-2006 18:54

Re: Buy a painting of your team number!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Katie Reynolds
"That's where you're wrong," he said. "It's only worth what someone will pay for it."

This principle is often quoted in Latin: Res tantum valet quantum vendi potest - A thing is worth only what someone else will pay for it.

Back in the day (and probably even today in someone's Latin classroom) this was one of the quotes that students memorized. It is still a favorite of financial advisors, and many fathers.

The "res tantum" principle is closely related to my grandmother's favorite adage: A fool and his money are soon parted. Purchasers of the subject paintings certainly prove that one.

Mr. Freeman 31-05-2006 19:16

Re: Buy a painting of your team number!
 
Seems to me that someone could make even more money by figuring out what font they used and printing off tons of identical signs and selling them for $20 on the internet.

You'd just have to advertise your site equally as well as this other site.

Ashley Weed 31-05-2006 19:33

Re: Buy a painting of your team number!
 
I was actually considering buying one for the $60 or so.

However, 84 is currently at $458. So, forget that idea. I'll doodle on paper.

Gabe 31-05-2006 22:52

Re: Buy a painting of your team number!
 
Who on Earth bought our team number 604??? :confused: Who else would ever need our number? :confused: WHERE IS 6-0-4?!?! :confused:

Next, who would ever be foolish enough to buy this?

RoboMadi 31-05-2006 23:00

Re: Buy a painting of your team number!
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Koko Ed
Why would you be so angry if somebody had come up with a surefire way to make money. If you are going to be angry at someone be angry at the people who are "wasting" thier money.

LOL. so true.
just wondering "WHO BOUGHT 612? :mad: " (like i care :rolleyes: )


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