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£50,000 Flea Bass
- Thread starter Chadderz
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I'm gonna stab a guess and say that Flea has made more then enough with RHCP to make a $50,000 donation himself. no need to sell a pile for 72X it's value.
If it were one of the basses Flea played live, came with backstage passes, dinner with Flea, would mow my yard, and was a tenth of the price I'd still call it a ripoff.
If you read it, then you'd notice how its for his charity Silverlake Conservatory of Music which puts instruments and lessons in the hands of poor kids in LA. There is also not just one guitar, but 50. 50Kx50= $2.5 million. Its a fund raiser.
The crazy price is probably less because of Flea, and stems more the from fact that Damien Hirst had one of his art student interns splatter some paint on it. Hirst is a contemporary artist who could literally sell a steaming pile of his own feces in a glass box for a million bucks.
And yes, I do mean "literally". I really believe he could, if he wanted to.
And yes, I do mean "literally". I really believe he could, if he wanted to.
Well you noticed a lot more out of that site then I did. mind I did only glance over it. glad it's for charity, but that's one hell of a high opinion of yourself to sell your own shoddy made basses for many times it's value just because you painted it.
also of note there are 125 other colour spins for $10,000 and 125 black/white spins also $10,000. so he is trying to raise 5M total.
These are incredibly cheap by Hirst's standards. He once fitted a dead cow with gold horns and hooves, dumped it in a box of formaldehyde and it sold for £10.3 MILLION.
This is entry level for a Hirst collector.
This is entry level for a Hirst collector.
More money than sense.....(Might make a good song title)
All these rich little fellows trying to get other rich little fellows to fund what THEY should address themselves, if they felt so strongly about it. - But they don't. They just want their name attached to it.
All these rich little fellows trying to get other rich little fellows to fund what THEY should address themselves, if they felt so strongly about it. - But they don't. They just want their name attached to it.
Looks like it was probably painted with one of those spin art machines they use to have at county fairs in the 70s
I saw a few spin arts by Hirst. One was $999, one $2,500, and one $4,000. I used to do that at home on the kitchen table with watercolors when we where kids!
- Aug 5, 2005
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I've always had a problem with Hirst's spin and dot paintings, mainly because they are done entirely by his assistants. Hirst himself has even acknowledged that his best spot paintings were done by his assistants.
He didn't paint it either. David Hirst painted it. A friend has one of his paintings in his home. It cost far more than the bass.
If this thing raises fifty grand for charity, I wouldn't mind if Gene Simmons used it to smash a bunch of Weather Report vinyls and then played it through mismatched cabs.
Why the hate? He's just trying to do some good in the world.
Why the hate? He's just trying to do some good in the world.
