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Re:Visitor accidentally shatters Jeff Koons 'balloon dog' sc... by beaned on Monday February 20, 2023 @12:24AM (#34865197)
Fix it with Kintsugi [0] and sell it as a 1 of 1 for a higher price.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kintsugi

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Re:Visitor accidentally shatters Jeff Koons 'balloon dog' sc... by graderjs on Monday February 20, 2023 @12:30AM (#34865239)
Yeah I was thinking it's probably the idea behind:

> Bel-Air Fine Arts added that some collectors have offered to purchase the broken pieces.

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Re:Visitor accidentally shatters Jeff Koons 'balloon dog' sc... by iamtedd on Monday February 20, 2023 @02:02AM (#34865750)
In the article, someone wanted to buy the pieces as-is for $15M..

Why waste time and gold?

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Re:Visitor accidentally shatters Jeff Koons 'balloon dog' sc... by graderjs on Monday February 20, 2023 @05:08AM (#34866767)
For more gold later on? Or the status now. Art is an investment… and I guess Some people have enough gold, but they enjoy other stuff.
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