These are a bunch of questions that I answered after watching the following documentary.
1. What is Christies? It is a British auctioning company, that has auctioned off some of the world’s most valuable paintings.
2. How much is Mark Rothko’s White Centre? It was sold for $74,840,000.
3. Value isn’t always connected to what? Quality.
4. What does provenance mean? Basically, who has owned the painting before? A painting’s value might skyrocket if prominent figures have owned it in the past.
5. Who previously owned Rothko’s White Centre? The Rockafellas, who were one of America’s most rich powerful dynasties.
6. How did they earn their wealth? They made their fortune in oil and banking.
7. In 1960 how much did he pay for White Centre? Less than $10,000.
8. Who are the current owners? The Qatari royal family, who are oil billionaires.
9. Massacre of the Innocents by Peter Paul Rubens is worth what? $76,529,058.
10. Where are the majority of old master paintings? In museums.
11. How did Ken Thomson earn his wealth? He built a giant media empire that owned The Times, and The Sunday Times newspapers.
12. How much did he pay for Massacre of the Innocents by Peter Paul Rubens? Almost $76,500,000.
13. What number on the rich list of people in Britain is Jeffrey Archer? 583rd.
14. How much is Monet Water Lily Pond worth? $80,379,591.
15. How many years did Monet spend painting this water lily pond: 26 years.
16. What is the most popular postcard sold in the National Gallery? A still life of a vase of sunflowers, painted by Vincent Van Gogh in 1888.
17. How much did Au Moulin de la Galette by Renoir sell for? $78,100,000.
18. How much did Portrait of Dr Gachet by Van Gogh sell for? $82,500,000.
19. Who bought them? A Japanese paper tycoon called Ryoei Saito.
20. What is rumoured to have happened to the painting ‘Portrait of Dr Gachet’ by Van Gogh owned by Japanese businessman, Ryoei Saito? He had threatened to burn it, and no one has seen the painting since.
21. How much was Francis Bacon Triptych sold for? $86,281,000.
22. Who bought it? Roman Abramovich, who is a Russian-Israeli billionaire and is also the owner of the Chelsea football club.
23. Adele Bloch-Bauer II (2) by Gustav Klimt was sold for? $87,936,000.
24. What is restitution art? It is where a piece of art that was stolen, in this case from a Jewish family, by the Nazis, is returned to its rightful owner.
25. Dora Maar Au Chat by Picasso sold for? $95,216,000.
26. How old was Picasso when he painted boy with a pipe? 24 years old.
27. How much did it sell for? $104,186,000.
28. What did Steve Wynn do to his Picasso painting, Le Rêve? He accidentally shoved his elbow into it, making a hole in the canvas.
29. How many items did Victor and Sally Ganz sell at their auction? 57.
30. What did Victor Ganz do for a living? He was in the custom jewellery business.
31. How much did Nude, Green Leaves and Bust by Picasso sell for? $106,482,500.
32. Who is standing next to the painting below? A slightly younger version of Doug Lord.
33. How old was Picasso when he painted it? 50 years old.
Ciaran :3 