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(CNN)   A rare Van Dyck painting sold for $3M after the seller originally bought it for $600. Subby had no idea that Dick could paint so well in addition to the singing and the acting   (cnn.com) divider line
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    More: Cool, Peter Paul Rubens, Painting, Anthony van Dyck, Auction, Antwerp, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Sotheby's  
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Farking Clown Shoes [TotalFark]
2023-01-30 4:07:48 AM  
Looted art's pretty cheap.

Lucky for this guy there were no survivors to claim it. You
 
The Yattering
2023-01-30 8:10:51 AM  
As long as it's not the one with the cockney accent
 
Another Government Employee
2023-01-30 8:20:16 AM  

Farking Clown Shoes: Looted art's pretty cheap.

Lucky for this guy there were no survivors to claim it. You


I'm interested in when and where the piece was found. Anything after 1940, there is a significant chance this is a Nazi piece.
 
HighlanderRPI
2023-01-30 8:24:56 AM  
"It was likely painted between 1615 and 1618, according to Sotheby's, while Van Dyck was a young artist working alongside Peter Paul Rubens in Antwerp."

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meathome
2023-01-30 8:28:41 AM  
Subby, you forgot the dancing.
 
kling_klang_bed
2023-01-30 8:30:37 AM  
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jlee4677 [TotalFark]
2023-01-30 9:03:18 AM  
When I create Van Dyke picks and send them to people I get restraining orders.
 
db2
2023-01-30 10:30:34 AM  
I'm assuming it's from the Ottoman Empire.
 
some_beer_drinker
2023-01-30 10:55:20 AM  
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Combustion [TotalFark]
2023-01-30 11:39:08 AM  
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Kris_Romm
2023-01-30 12:00:58 PM  
Even in 1965 that was probably a groaner of a joke...

/Still don't trust Zoom
 
McGrits [TotalFark]
2023-01-30 1:09:44 PM  
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/stolen from a Fark thread last week
 
jackmalice [BareFark]
2023-01-30 4:51:41 PM  
Shouldn't that be "Van Lesbian" painting?  Damn homophobes.
 
puffy999 [TotalFark]
2023-01-31 12:32:26 AM  

Another Government Employee: Farking Clown Shoes: Looted art's pretty cheap.

Lucky for this guy there were no survivors to claim it. You

I'm interested in when and where the piece was found. Anything after 1940, there is a significant chance this is a Nazi piece.


Eh, could be spoils of another kind. Didn't always have to be possessed by Nazis.

Buuut... it wouldn't surprise me either.
 
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