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One person's trash..... - 10/24/2007 4:27:41 AM

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NEW YORK (AP) - Stolen 20 years ago, pulled from a trash heap 16 years later, going up for bid next month.

It's the journey taken by a brightly colored 1970 painting (titled "Tres Personajes") by Mexican artist Ruvino Tamayo.

The painting was a stolen from a Houston warehouse in 1987. A New York woman rescued it from a pile of garbage during her morning walk on Manhattan's Upper West Side four years ago.

An official with Sotheby's says the painting could fetch up to a million dollars when it's put up for auction on November 20th.

Elizabeth Gibson, the woman who found the painting, stands to collect a $15,000 reward that was offered when the painting was first reported stolen, along with a percentage of the eventual sale price.

Link to the painting: http://www.am.com.mx/NotaNueva/Fotos/Reales/LEON4.231007.jpg

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RE: One person's trash..... - 10/24/2007 5:28:56 AM

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Yep, i'd have thrown it out too.

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RE: One person's trash..... - 10/24/2007 5:40:02 AM

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The "artworld" is full of idiots and con artists.

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RE: One person's trash..... - 10/24/2007 8:53:18 AM

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gives baggers a whole new perpective

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RE: One person's trash..... - 10/24/2007 8:53:45 AM

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Tamayo is a well respected 20th century artist and his work is much sought after.

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RE: One person's trash..... - 10/24/2007 9:04:27 AM

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Garage and Garbage are only one letter different......

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RE: One person's trash..... - 10/24/2007 3:31:27 PM

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Tamayo is a well respected 20th century artist and his work is much sought after.

And it's still crap. Add him to the list of bullshit artists like Warhol, Pollock, and "swipe" artists like Lichtenstein and "Mouse." It's a smooth con to get people to pay big money for what the average 9 year old can do with crayons and scissors.

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RE: One person's trash..... - 10/24/2007 4:43:01 PM

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I havent seen this painter before but I like the work. No nine year could do that. It is a good painting. I suppose he is well sought after because he is a dead artist? I love the South of the Border painters.

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RE: One person's trash..... - 10/24/2007 4:56:35 PM

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I think this painting is really rather good. I would be thrilled to have found it and don;t think I'd sell it if I came into possession of it!

I love colourful abstracts...Anyone got any links to more of the artists work?

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RE: One person's trash..... - 10/24/2007 6:43:25 PM

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The painting doesn't do a huge amount for me, but it's not bad. There's quite a bit of unusual art that I like, Pollock and Kandinsky, etc.

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RE: One person's trash..... - 10/24/2007 8:10:00 PM

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ORIGINAL: mefisto69
Tamayo is a well respected 20th century artist and his work is much sought after.

And it's still crap. Add him to the list of bullshit artists like Warhol, Pollock, and "swipe" artists like Lichtenstein and "Mouse." It's a smooth con to get people to pay big money for what the average 9 year old can do with crayons and scissors.

No one forces you to buy it or even look at it for that matter.
Art is subjective. I like it. I would have pulled it out of the trash.

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RE: One person's trash..... - 10/24/2007 8:21:41 PM

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Only in Manhattan, right? LOL. Someone throw out a priceless piece of art so I can get a reward, already.

Good for her, though.

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RE: One person's trash..... - 10/24/2007 8:25:14 PM

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