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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 18 May 2017

    A painting by the late New York artist Jean-Michel Basquiat sells at auction in the city for $110.5mhttp://bbc.in/2qCnfmy 

    7:02 PM - 18 May 2017
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      2.  🐊 🐊 🐊‏ @WQ_Josh 18 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        You can train your whole life and create a masterpiece that rivals Da Vinci and get unnoticed but this hack splashes paint and gets millions

        1 reply 1 retweet 11 likes
      3.  🌊 Linda Bres.....  🌊‏ @JustMyLittleBit 18 May 2017
        Replying to @WQ_Josh @BBCBreaking

        He didn't get squat, he died poor.

        2 replies 1 retweet 5 likes
      4.  🐊 🐊 🐊‏ @WQ_Josh 18 May 2017
        Replying to @JustMyLittleBit @BBCBreaking

        I'm talking in general, this piece sold for over 100 million but if i made something nobody would buy it for more than 20 bucks.

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      5.  🌊 Linda Bres.....  🌊‏ @JustMyLittleBit 18 May 2017
        Replying to @WQ_Josh @BBCBreaking

        Art is subjective & there aren't many, if any, living artists who get that much. The price is more about the status of owning it, I believe.

        2 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
      6.  🐊 🐊 🐊‏ @WQ_Josh 18 May 2017
        Replying to @JustMyLittleBit @BBCBreaking

        True, art is really all about name recognition, the looks of it come near the bottom in terms of determining the price.

        2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
      7. Luke Rumney‏ @LukeRumney 18 May 2017
        Replying to @WQ_Josh @JustMyLittleBit @BBCBreaking

        Alive or dead, subjective or not, the price is a joke. But as the saying goes, things are worth as much as people are willing to pay

        1 reply 0 retweets 13 likes
      8.  🌊 Linda Bres.....  🌊‏ @JustMyLittleBit 18 May 2017
        Replying to @LukeRumney @BBCBreaking

        It's a material world for sure.

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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      2. Robert Dawson‏ @RobbDawson4 18 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        You have to wonder why the buyer wasn't motivated to put the money to a more noble purpose

        2 replies 3 retweets 13 likes
      3. ElizabethR  👑‏ @ElizabethRBess 18 May 2017
        Replying to @RobbDawson4 @BBCBreaking

        What do you mean? I think it was a bargain! 😜

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
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      1. Becky Bongos‏ @Becky_Bongos 18 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Proof that some people have more money than sense

        0 replies 2 retweets 5 likes
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      1. Ollie Morris‏ @odmorris1 18 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        People dying from starvation and this sold for $110.5m 😔

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      1. STRADA‏ @planthrudivorce 18 May 2017
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        And then there's the rest of us

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      2. Ozge Ovun Sert‏ @ozovse 18 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        They should investigate him as a "paid artist" 😱😵🤣

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3.  🌊 Linda Bres.....  🌊‏ @JustMyLittleBit 18 May 2017
        Replying to @ozovse @BBCBreaking

        He wasn't paid before he died. Like most artists, he died poor.

        3 replies 1 retweet 3 likes
      4. MARK B‏ @MRKB84 18 May 2017
        Replying to @JustMyLittleBit @ozovse @BBCBreaking

        He died poor because of a prestigious heroin habit - he was selling work for $ thousands - the starving artist tag doesn't apply to Basquiat

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
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      1. Michael Robb‏ @mikear82 19 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        I'd have more respect if they bought the painting for $1million and gave $109.5m to charity! 😡

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      1. Melanie L Stone‏ @Stone1ML 18 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        It is so sad that these artists will never see the money their work commands.

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      1. andy tracey‏ @speedwaymania 18 May 2017
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        A $110.5m for a painting😳some people need a reality check

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