Collectors - quite strange people, they are willing to deny oneself, but to pay all the money in the world for the next exhibit his collection. Yet clear if this is a masterpiece of world art, but sometimes put up for auction and all exhibits questionable. For example, in the Museum of invisible art in New York, you can buy a painting, which exists only in the imagination of the artist, and you can enjoy it with the words of the creator. But as the saying goes, for every product its own merchant.
Today Editorial Kolobok.uaalso I decided to join the high art and offers a look at 10 of strange things, which at one time had been sold for a lot of money.
Clutter for $ 4 million.
This installation can be seen in any room of a teenager - a bed littered with a bunch of garbage and household waste. Nevertheless, this masterpiece was sold in 1999 by the British artist Tracey Emin for $ 150 thousand. Charles Saatchi. And that, in turn, resold the installation "My Bed" as a symbol of suicidal depression for $ 4 million. unknown collector. There was this masterpiece after the artist withdrawn into himself spent a few days after a breakup in his bed.
Hair for $ 1 million.
When in 2007, Britney Spears shaved heads, owners parikmazerskoy, where there is an epoch-making event, put her hair up for sale for $ 1 million. In addition, it was sold as barrette, a lighter and a can of energy, which belonged to the pop princess.
Air for $ 530
You want to make money out of thin air are only able to Odessa? Enterprising people are everywhere. For example, a reporter who, instead of a microphone handed star couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt tin, which he claims has got wind acting couple. With this auction, the lot was sold for more than half a million dollars.
A couple of drops of water for $ 455 thousand.
A glass with a few drops of water, unfinished King of Rock and Roll Elvis Presley after a concert in North Carolina, was sold at auction in 1977 for the unheard-of sum for those times.
Garbage for $ 100 thousand.
Our world is governed by marketers. It decided to prove the artist Justin Gignac and sold cubes with this garbage in a beautiful package for $ 10 thousand. But the idea has been accepted by connoisseurs of art "with a bang" and the price risen by 10 times. Gignac also sells special rate spetsmusor, for example, with the inauguration of Obama and other significant events.
Bitten sandwich for $ 28 thousand.
In 2004, some Deyzer Diana auctioned cheese sandwich, forgotten for 10 years. Its value was in the picture, similar to the Virgin Mary, which has built up over the years on bread mold.
Name for $ 25 thousand.
Family of Connecticut auctioned the right to name their newborn child. The winning bidder was the company GoldenPalace.com. Now parents have a $ 25 thousand. and a kid named Golden Palace Benedetto. In principle, it could be worse.
Old sauce for $ 15 thousand.
This year, the auction on eBay has been exposed Szechwan sauce 20-year-old limited edition McDonald's. It was created as part of the promotion for the cartoon of Disney «Mulan." At the same time the popularity of the sauce brought other heroes of the American cartoon series "Rick and Morty."
Invisible picture for $ 10 thousand.
Remember the tale of the naked king and his amazing invisible coat who allegedly tailor could only see smart people? Since no one wanted to admit himself a fool all praised royal attire. So contemporary artists went even further: they sell their paintings at the Museum of invisible art. So in 2011 the picture "Fresh Air," which exists only in the imagination of its creator, was sold for $ 10 thousand.
Napkin for $ 5300
Kleenex Scarlett Johansson, which was used for its intended purpose actress on the television show The Tonight Show, was placed in a plastic bag and sold at auction.
And be sure to look at, as the designers have turned into a masterpiece of the most ordinary things
