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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Browncoat" data-source="post: 37035" data-attributes="member: 1061">I can't say that I'm surprised.  Andreas Gursky’s "99 Cent II Diptychon" photo sold for $3.35 million back in 2006, and was a previous record holder before one of Cindy Sherman's self-portraits came along and took the title.Don't let these numbers fool you.  There's a 95% chance that this photo was purchased by someone representing an art collecting company.  It's very unlikely that this went to a private collector, one individual paying over $4 million.  Usually these things are owned by a collective, and passed around from gallery to gallery.  They will far exceed the purchase price with donations and admissions gained by having this piece in their collection.</blockquote>