Chimp paintings fetch 26,000 dollars at auction

[tuvor]

LONDON (AFP) - Three paintings by a chimpanzee named Congo were sold at auction in London to an American buyer for a total of 14,400 pounds (26,250 dollars, 21,610 euros), many times the estimated price.

Congo's works went under the hammer in a sale that included works by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French cubist Fernand Leger and US pop artist Andy Warhol.

Presale estimates had put their price at between 600 and 800 pounds.

The buyer, Howard Hong, said he was a great fan of modern and contemporary painting.



http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/britainartauction;_ylt=AlmBsC6cBFR4H4J7BI8vhkADW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

[iconoclastic cat]

1. It's a flower.

[AwakeAtLast]

2. My thought before I clicked:

"I didn't know Bush painted!" LOLOLOL :rofl:

I crack myself up. Well, someone has to! :D

[tarkus]

Same here. DU has really rubbed off on me. NM

[brainshrub]

3. Okay, how many here initially thought this was about paintings by Bush?

The work pictured in this thread was done by an extremely intelligent monkey, not a brain-dead president. It is light-years ahead of what Dear Leader could do.

[obxhead]

4. not by *

but of him :)

[ghostsofgiants]

5. Haha, yeah, that's what I was thinking

That is a pretty cool painting though, I like it.

[Kurovski]

6. ME! I thought so too. Isn't that awful?

I detect something that appears to be feces-like streaks in the painting.

Entirely appropriate. I love them Chimps!