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But £20 is shit for a painting. Go to any restaurant that has the work of local artists nobody ever heard of on the walls. The cheapest you tend to see are $100+, and that’s for things no bigger than a square foot. Larger canvases like the ones shown in the article would typically be in the $500+ range. I’m not sure they "fooled" anyone.

Of course, if this guy can sell "art" that was painted by bugs (roaches, bees, flies, moths, crickets, you name it, he makes ‘em paint), it’s not so obvious what’s so weird about a toddler’s paintings selling as art.

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But £20 is shit for a painting.

Absolutely true. I suppose it might be the nature of buying via an on-line forum as opposed to being in an art gallery. I wonder how much those same pieces would sell at if the German gallery actually hosted them.

The cheapest you tend to see are $100+, and that’s for things no bigger than a square foot.

Yeah, we sold an odd photograph at a coffeehouse exhibit like that. I really ought to put the rest of my stuff into frames and put them up in Englewood as there are people with money to drop here. Who parks a Carrera GT at a parking meter in front of Starbucks anyway …

Of course, if this guy can sell "art" that was painted by bugs (roaches, bees, flies, moths, crickets, you name it, he makes ‘em paint), it’s not so obvious what’s so weird about a toddler’s paintings selling as art.

I suppose the trick really is putting medium where people with that taste will find it. I think the mother’s ruse was more in her descriptions than of the art itself. Perhaps a website is needed for obscure artists to simply post their wares … sort of a "streets of paris.com" … which profits on finders fees from the buyer.

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