{"id":2125,"date":"2010-05-20T09:56:35","date_gmt":"2010-05-20T13:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.zatista.com\/?p=2125"},"modified":"2017-05-05T15:24:23","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T19:24:23","slug":"the-naked-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zatista.com.au\/blog\/2010\/05\/20\/the-naked-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"The Naked Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oh darn, someone just bought that Picasso I&#8217;d been wanting&#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2127\" style=\"width: 313px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artnet.com\/artwork\/426052202\/425931869\/tom-wesselmann-blue-nude-no-3.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2127\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/art\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/05\/Tom-Wesselmann-Blue-Nude-No.-3-Gallery-Fluegel-Roncak.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"303\" height=\"374\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2127\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom Wesselmann &quot;Blue Nude No. 3&quot; Gallery Fluegel-Roncak<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But seriously, here we are in a global recession and another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/05\/05\/arts\/design\/05auction.html\">record sale of fine artwork<\/a> just occurred at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christies.com\/\">Christie&#8217;s<\/a>. It&#8217;s mind boggling.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2128\" style=\"width: 316px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/product\/details\/1728\/bodyshape-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2128\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2128\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/art\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/05\/Daniel-Cullen-Bodyshape-1-zatista.com_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"306\" height=\"408\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2128\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Cullen &quot;Bodyshape 1&quot; zatista.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;m stunned by how much folks are willing to pay for stuff, even for artwork. Yes it&#8217;s all relative, but in my world $106.5 million dollars is a whole lot of money, even for one of Picasso&#8217;s loveliest nudes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2129\" style=\"width: 319px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/product\/details\/7656\/classical-graffiti-ii\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2129\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2129\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/art\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/05\/Tavish-Costello-Classical-Graffiti-II-zatista.com_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"309\" height=\"329\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2129\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tavish Costello &quot;Classical Graffiti II&quot; zatista.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Trust me, I love fine art and I wouldn&#8217;t mind owning a Picasso, but a person could buy a lot with $106.5 million dollars. That&#8217;s 580 Aston Martin DB9s, 3 extremely expensive private Greek islands, or 500 round-trip tickets to outer space on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.virgingalactic.com\/\">Virgin Galactic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2130\" style=\"width: 322px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/product\/details\/5046\/standing-smoking-2008\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2130\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2130\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/art\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/05\/Agata-Czeremuszkin-Chrut-Standing-Smoking-2008-zatista.com_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"312\" height=\"374\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2130\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Agata Czeremuszkin-Chrut &quot;Standing, Smoking 2008&quot; zatista.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Since I&#8217;m not Ms. Moneybags at Christie&#8217;s, and most of us aren&#8217;t made of dollars, let&#8217;s go shopping for a less expensive nude. Here you&#8217;ll see some more affordable choices I discovered.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2131\" style=\"width: 325px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/product\/details\/6304\/tempting\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2131\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2131\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/art\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/05\/Sharon-Sieben-Tempting-zatista.com_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"315\" height=\"397\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2131\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sharon Sieben &quot;Tempting&quot; zatista.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>You can thank me later for all the money I just saved you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m stunned by how much folks are willing to pay for stuff, even for artwork. 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