Visitor accidentally shatters Jeff Koons 'balloon dog' sculpture

Re:Visitor accidentally shatters Jeff Koons 'balloon dog' sc... by retSava on Monday February 20, 2023 @12:55AM (#34865368)

    A total of 799 editions of the sculpture were made.

Ie not a total loss for humanity.

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Re:Visitor accidentally shatters Jeff Koons 'balloon dog' sc... by ec2y on Monday February 20, 2023 @01:22AM (#34865527)

That’s .004%* of an increase in value for the rest of them.

*Completely made up number as I’m not an art valuer, but the point stands.

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Re:Visitor accidentally shatters Jeff Koons 'balloon dog' sc... by kristjansson on Monday February 20, 2023 @01:41AM (#34865645)

Clearly the route to infinite value is destroying all of them

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Re:Visitor accidentally shatters Jeff Koons 'balloon dog' sc... by ajdude on Monday February 20, 2023 @08:32AM (#34867887)

There can only be one.

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Re:Visitor accidentally shatters Jeff Koons 'balloon dog' sc... by ASalazarMX on Monday February 20, 2023 @12:23PM (#34870330)

Now I understand better that New Yorker cartoon: “Yes, the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders.”

https://www.newyorker.com/cartoon/a16995

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Re:Visitor accidentally shatters Jeff Koons 'balloon dog' sc... by sockaddr on Monday February 20, 2023 @02:10AM (#34865799)

Then I give 1/799th of a shit about this.

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Re:Visitor accidentally shatters Jeff Koons 'balloon dog' sc... by xeyownt on Monday February 20, 2023 @02:58AM (#34866065)

Assuming it's totally useless, making 799 of these pricey thingies is certainly a waste.

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