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'Conan' by Frank Frazetta Sold for $1.5 Million

Started by jeff37923, July 23, 2010, 04:51:14 PM

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jeff37923

July 23, 2010, 04:51:14 PM
'Conan' painting by late Pa. artist goes for $1.5M



Wow, it is awesome that some classic fantasy artwork is being sold for that much money. Geek stuff really is mainstream now with our advancing generation.
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Edsan

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July 25, 2010, 11:54:01 AM
Seems like the global crisis is being nice to some folks, if they can waste that much money on a bit of pigments on a processed cellulose sheet.

I love Frazetta, but this is just ridiculous. And if they want to waste money couldn't they have paid 1.5M to the artist when he actually was, well...alive?
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jeff37923

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July 25, 2010, 07:11:35 PM
Quote from: Edsan;395952Seems like the global crisis is being nice to some folks, if they can waste that much money on a bit of pigments on a processed cellulose sheet.

I love Frazetta, but this is just ridiculous. And if they want to waste money couldn't they have paid 1.5M to the artist when he actually was, well...alive?

No artist is truly appreciated while still alive.
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Edsan

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July 25, 2010, 07:43:43 PM
Quote from: jeff37923;396027No artist is truly appreciated while still alive.

How true, if I ever become a famous artist I will remember to fake my own death.
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September 02, 2010, 01:22:14 PM
Quote from: jeff37923;395757'Conan' painting by late Pa. artist goes for $1.5M.

I am very happy that I visited the Frazetta Museum a few years ago, before he died, before his son took a back-hoe to the door, and before they started selling off these iconic paintings.  They are even more amazing up close than in reproductions.
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