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This is the world's most expensive photo. This photograph by Andreas Gursky "Rhein II" was sold at Christie's last week, for $4.3 milion, beating out the previous record held by Cindy Sherman's  Untitled #96.

This is perhaps beyond belief for some of us. A week ago I wrote a satrical piece about photographing UFOs and aliens, that was a joke. This is not. And it is not just me, here's what others have said online about this story.

Chuck Shepherd's in News of the Weird/Pro Edition: " Wonder what it would cost to just buy the property that Gursky shot from so you could look at the same view, live, every day?"

Anonymous said "... Not worth a dime."

melissa said "...Is this for real? Because I have to say this looks like one of my crappy 'arty' attempts at photography."

Anonymous said "... never throw out anything, your kids can be millionaires some day"

Anonymous said "... Fuck you!!!!!!!!!!  Im sorry."

Anonymous said... Believe me: whoever paid $4.3 million for this is no fool. It IS worth it. That you don't see why says something about you. The market knows better.

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Yeah, the same market and the same fools who stole billions, wrecked the world economy and are still making millions off the debt crisis and the recession. 

S.

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 And who is Andreas Gursky? 

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