Kindergarten Painting Sells For $75,000 (Rich Parent Bidding War)

[matcom]

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A KINDERGARTEN painting fetched a staggering $75,000 after a bidding war between two rich parents erupted at a school fundraising event.

The colourful abstract of children and animals - painted by a preschool class at St Catherine's school, in Toorak, Melbourne - became an object of fierce competition when the rivals decided they both wanted it.

Crazy John's mobile phone millionaire John Ilhan, who had two daughters at the school, confirmed the outlandish price was paid - but not by him. He pulled out when things "got seriously out of hand".

Mr Ilhan said his eldest daughter, whose classmates all contributed to the painting, had her heart set on taking it home.

Mr Ilhan described the work - 100cm by 70cm acrylic on canvas - as colourful and typical of infant art.

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,10052958%255E13762,00.html

[truthspeaker]

1. "A fool and his money are soon parted."

[Rabrrrrrr]

2. Those damn wily Aussies

What will they come up with next? :P

Weirder than the price paid is that the winner gave the painting back to the school after her children went to another school.

And why did this story take 2 years to come out?

Ah, idiots with money. Thankfully not everyone with money is an idiot, but the ones who are make quite a raucous.

[7th_Sephiroth]

3. ummmmm i have this thing they both might like

can i have them in my house to bid on it?