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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumseBay removes anti-Zimmerman artwork the same day Zimmerman’s painting sells for $100k
By Scott Kaufman
Monday, December 23, 2013 10:27 EST
Over the weekend, online auction-house ebay removed an anti-racist painting critical of George Zimmerman on the same day it allowed Zimmerman to sell one of his own paintings for over $100,000.
On Saturday, an 18-by-24-inch oil painting by therealgeorgez better known as George Zimmerman was purchased on eBay for $100,099.99. In the question and answer section beneath the auction, Zimmerman even said that whoever wins within the Continental United States, will receive this painting deliver by me personally.
Zimmermans medium is regular household latex paint, which he used because I needed to put these visions onto the blank canvas as soon as possible. George Zimmerman currently owes his legal team over $2.5 million.
On the same day Zimmermans auction closed, ebay removed the anti-racist painting that artist Michael DAntuono had created in the days after the death of Trayvon Martin. Fifty percent of the proceeds from DAntuonos auction were to have gone to the Trayvon Martin Foundation, and with five days left to bid, the price for the painting had already exceeded $25,000.
Then eBay pull[ed] the plug. On his blog, DAntuono wonders why Zimmerman was allowed to capitalize on his ill-gotten notoriety, [whereas] I was denied the opportunity to raise funds to help the very foundation named in honor of Zimmermans victim.
In an email from eBay that DAntuono shared with Raw Story, eBay claims that the painting violates its strictures that tems promoting or glorifying hatred, violence, or racial or religious intolerance arent allowed. Items that promote organizations with these views are also prohibited.
According to the email, [t]he painting you listed appears to contain images or icons associated with the KKK which are not allowed to be listed on our site as they represent an organization that glorifies hate and violence.
DAntuono told Raw Story that he was outraged that eBay would mistake a criticism of a hate-group for a statement that promot[es] or glorif[ies] one.
DAntuono will attempt to auction the piece off privately, and remains committed to donating half of the proceeds to the Trayvon Martin Foundation.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/12/23/ebay-removes-anti-zimmerman-artwork-the-same-day-zimmermans-painting-sells-for-100k/
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eBay removes anti-Zimmerman artwork the same day Zimmerman’s painting sells for $100k (Original Post)
DonViejo
Dec 2013
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louis-t
(23,267 posts)1. The jackass that bought Zimmy's "painting"
will surely lose his ass. What an idiot.
CFLDem
(2,083 posts)2. Wouldn't surprise me if it was a Koch brother.
Jenoch
(7,720 posts)3. I would be interested in finding out
if the buyer actually follows through with payment. I just can't see anyone paying that kind of money for a painting such as this one.
OnyxCollie
(9,958 posts)4. That's pretty good.