Really? $4.3 Million for That Photo?

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Really? $4.3 Million for That Photo?

This week, auction house Christie’s sold the above photo by Andreas Gursky for $4.3 million, setting the record for all-time most expensive photo (the previous record was set by Cindy Sherman’s “Untitled #96,” which sold for $3.89 million). For many starv

via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2011/11/really-4-3-million-for-that-photo/all/1

Those unfamiliar with Gursky may be wondering: What’s so special about a picture of a river and some grass? What elevates that photo above so many others? And how did the price get so astronomically high?

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