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8 Nov 2009 2:38 AM
This Painting Sold for 140 million U.S. dollars in 2006
It's the most expensive painting EVER sold!
Painting: Pollock No.5
Painter: Jackson Pollock
In contrast to the sale of Pollock's painting, here's what I read in a catalog I received today from:
Samaritan's Purse Gift Catalog 2009 (run by Billy Graham's son)
1.800.353.5957
Donations for the Poor and Suffering...
(all numbers in U.S. dollars)
7.......can furnish a week's worth of hot dinners in countries like East India, etc
15.....can furnish a student with a month's tuition or school supplies
35.....supplies an orphan one month of meals, lodging, healthcare, & education
250(share cost 25)...wheelchair,repair a physical deformity, etc in the Ukraine,etc
35.....saves mothers and babies with HIV antiviral meds and obstetric supplies
75.....rescues a child from bondage, abuse, slavery with shelter and counseling
25.....c o mplete outfit of shoes, coat, etc for poverty-stricken villages
45.....30 seedlings producing fruits, nuts, and other benefits
350 (or share the cost for 35)...an ox, donkey, or other hard-working livestock
50.....can stock a pond with 500 fingerling fish in Liberia, etc
70.....farm-fresh milk with goats, cows, or other dairy animal for Uganda, etc
30.....honey bees for selling honey, beeswax (& they pollinate) to Honduras, etc
45.....provides seeds, fertilizer, tools and training for crop production
6.......a warm blanket
4.......milk for a week (schools,orphanages,hospitals in poverty-stricken countries)
10.....life-saving mosquito nets (a million+, mostly children, die of malaria each yr)
9.......feeds a baby or nursing mother for a week in Ethiopia & other crisis areas
14.....provides a dozen chicks (no, not THAT kind guys lol)
8.......soccer ball or other sports gear for a child
100...repair/weatherproof a damaged roof in El Salvador, Pakistan, etc.
200...build an emergency shelter
35.....delivers enough food to sustain a family for a month in Darfur
45.....survival kit for a family left homeless from natural disasters
60.....provides 50 people with vital medicine (drugs, antibiotics, bandages, etc)
75.....vaccines,diagnostic testing,etc forH1N1, malaria,TB, AIDS for 5 in WAfrica,etc
150...shipping cost for 3,000 dollars worth of life-saving medical equipment
120...vocational training & equipment for sewing, carpentry, masonry, etc
35.....food parcel of rice, beans, soup, etc for native alaskans in remote villages
100...household water filter in Bolivia, etc
18.....portable water purification unit per family
2,200 (or share the cost for 220)...airline ticket to save a child's life
25,000 (or share for 250)...build a school in Cambodia,Honduras,Sudan,Congo,etc
3,000 (or share the cost for 30)...fishing boat for SE Asia and other regions
35,000 (or share the cost for 350)...build a hospital (Sudan, Angola, India, etc)
7,5000 (or share the cost for 750...build a house (in Latin America, etc)
10,000 (or share the cost for 250)...Drill a well in Africa, Asia, Latin America, etc
"...a swirling mixture of earth tones and black and white, that to the untrained eye may appear as a splattered mess. His paintings have a certain harmony and are developed in such an enigmatic way that they are sure to hold some public interest for years to come." ~ David Klemencic
Okay, I consider myself to have a very trained eye for art (formal education as well as involvement in the arts for a lifetime) and while I can appreciate that Pollock was the first to drip paint all over a canvas and call it art, I hardly consider it to be the most coveted prize of all time.
I just read about this 140 million dollar painting today. I also read the Samaritan's Purse Christmas Catalog today...stark contrast. I'm not pointing fingers because the buyer may have enough money to save the world AND buy this painting. And, lord knows, we've all spent our money frivolously at times. But, wow.....just wow...the comparison speaks volumes to me.
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