I'll Be In Touch....You Just Stay Over There

This 1999 photograph provided by Chrisitie's shows the Rhine river by German artist Andreas Gursky. Titled "Rhein II," the chromogenic color print face-mounted to acrylic glass was sold for $4.3 million Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011, at Christie's in New York City, setting a record for any photograph sold at auction. (AP Photo/Christie's, Andreas Gursky)

 

 

Now don't get me wrong, I love art. I get that it can move generations, it can evoke feelings in all of us that we can't describe.  It is invaluable.
That being said...
$4.3 million.  For a photograph.  Of that?
I'm not even going to begin to admit that I see the value.  Tim Bavington's work took some time to grow on me, but now I get it.  The way the paint flows together, the talent it takes to do that.  I get it, now. 
This on the other hand looks like my kid stuck their kodak out the window, driving along the Rhine.  In fact, if I go back through all of my photos when I lived over there, I probably took the same photo.
Jesus, $4.3 million.
The world has gone crazy.
I just saw that a Victoria Secret model was showing a bra that was worth $2.5 million.
It showed a hell of a lot better than this.

Those people are f^&%ing crazy as well.  I'll sell you my underwear with this photo in the crotch for a cool mill.

Have your people call my people.