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Re: Ben Enwonwu's Portrait Of Tutu Sold At Auction For £1,205,000 by Xavier9ja(m): 10:14pm On Feb 28, 2018 |
pwiz:"I bought some artwork for one million Two years later, that sh!t worth two million Few years later, that sh!t worth eight million" jay-z - the story of oj 4 Likes |
Re: Ben Enwonwu's Portrait Of Tutu Sold At Auction For £1,205,000 by Guestlander: 10:23pm On Feb 28, 2018 |
phreakabit: Duh, that was the name of the woman in the painting. What else could he call her, Ngozi? 3 Likes |
Re: Ben Enwonwu's Portrait Of Tutu Sold At Auction For £1,205,000 by PastorLucifer: 10:24pm On Feb 28, 2018 |
martineverest: Wrong. Artwork, like luxury cars is a store of value. They rarely (if ever), depreciate in value - instead they go higher. They can also be used as collaterals for bank loans. The owner can always sell at a higher price if he ever goes broke (although most of them never do). cc: thornapple |
Re: Ben Enwonwu's Portrait Of Tutu Sold At Auction For £1,205,000 by delpee(f): 10:25pm On Feb 28, 2018 |
I wish Prof or his family derived some benefit from this. He was indeed an artist par excellence! I wonder why our Culture Ministry made no moves to claim the painting for Nigeria/ his family. 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Ben Enwonwu's Portrait Of Tutu Sold At Auction For £1,205,000 by Nobody: 10:27pm On Feb 28, 2018 |
PastorLucifer: This is quite educative. Thanks a lot. Your moniker is kinda disturbing though. 1 Like |
Re: Ben Enwonwu's Portrait Of Tutu Sold At Auction For £1,205,000 by eyinjuege: 10:28pm On Feb 28, 2018 |
Ayodejioak: There's no business of the world in this na. Its not a national painting, it was a personal painting. It was a random burglary of his home then. It ended up in someone's old dirty flat, and the person living there wanted it valued. They found out it was the missing painting of Tutu. His son knew about the auction, and possibly the family might also get some proceeds of the auction. Im not sure about who put it up for sale, but i wont be surprised if it was his family. Its their inheritance afterall. 1 Like |
Re: Ben Enwonwu's Portrait Of Tutu Sold At Auction For £1,205,000 by Nobody: 10:28pm On Feb 28, 2018 |
IamaNigerianGuy: Nice knowing. Thanks my dear. |
Re: Ben Enwonwu's Portrait Of Tutu Sold At Auction For £1,205,000 by PastorLucifer: 10:36pm On Feb 28, 2018 |
thornapple: Acts 14:53. "Judge not my annointed." Yours is disturbing too. You must be a serial heart breaker. 1 Like |
Re: Ben Enwonwu's Portrait Of Tutu Sold At Auction For £1,205,000 by Nobody: 10:41pm On Feb 28, 2018 |
sonnie10: nice illustration. |
Re: Ben Enwonwu's Portrait Of Tutu Sold At Auction For £1,205,000 by lilreese: 10:42pm On Feb 28, 2018 |
Amazing |
Re: Ben Enwonwu's Portrait Of Tutu Sold At Auction For £1,205,000 by Nobody: 10:44pm On Feb 28, 2018 |
PastorLucifer: Hehehehehe ![]() That's deserving going by where their interest lies. |
Re: Ben Enwonwu's Portrait Of Tutu Sold At Auction For £1,205,000 by Obi1kenobi(m): 10:56pm On Feb 28, 2018 |
Ben Enwonwu and Uche Okeke are probably 2 of the most prolific artists Nigeria have produced. Still not sure why anyone would spend millions of dollars on paintings. 2 Likes |
Re: Ben Enwonwu's Portrait Of Tutu Sold At Auction For £1,205,000 by Miyachi: 10:59pm On Feb 28, 2018 |
This part hit me. 2 Likes |
Re: Ben Enwonwu's Portrait Of Tutu Sold At Auction For £1,205,000 by Proffeluczy1(m): 10:59pm On Feb 28, 2018 |
Even in this era people are still living in bondage (total darkness) may we help ourselves through the Lord Jesus Christ. |
Re: Ben Enwonwu's Portrait Of Tutu Sold At Auction For £1,205,000 by shallysgirl: 11:09pm On Feb 28, 2018 |
nuoladee:chai,inferiority complex is real. Tufiakwa ndia. 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Ben Enwonwu's Portrait Of Tutu Sold At Auction For £1,205,000 by Nobody: 11:17pm On Feb 28, 2018 |
shallysgirl:Where did I say otherwise? |
Re: Ben Enwonwu's Portrait Of Tutu Sold At Auction For £1,205,000 by akigbemaru: 11:19pm On Feb 28, 2018 |
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Re: Ben Enwonwu's Portrait Of Tutu Sold At Auction For £1,205,000 by einsteine(m): 11:43pm On Feb 28, 2018 |
nuoladee: He was in Ife at that time so it is only natural that the woman he would paint would most likely be Yoruba. There are many ugly and smelling Yoruba women. Don't be a bigot. And the other fellows commenting Igbo this, Igbo that, best tribe, most intelligent and other rubbish, when would you guys grow up and stop living vicariously through other people's deeds. An Igbo man's achievement is not yours. Go and achieve your own. Don't showcase inferiority and persecution complex by crowing about another person's achievements. A successful Igbo person has more in common with a successful Yoruba person than any of the miserable cretins that muddy both tribes. 6 Likes |
Re: Ben Enwonwu's Portrait Of Tutu Sold At Auction For £1,205,000 by LaudableXX: 11:54pm On Feb 28, 2018 |
eyinjuege:So will the family get paid for the art? Are they going to receive the 1 million pounds, the painting was sold for? IamaNigerianGuy: Nigeria does not have a government...? Really? |
Re: Ben Enwonwu's Portrait Of Tutu Sold At Auction For £1,205,000 by nkwuocha: 11:59pm On Feb 28, 2018 |
thornapple: Get the movie "the longest ride".Watch it to the end, maybe you will understand. |
Re: Ben Enwonwu's Portrait Of Tutu Sold At Auction For £1,205,000 by grandstar(m): 12:34am On Mar 01, 2018 |
Ayodejioak: Enwonwu is not entitled to a penny. He doesn't own the painting. If he still owned it, then his children or whoever he willed them to will be the beneficiaries. So, if you bought from Ben for instance for N10m in 2017 and you decide to sell it for £10m in 2037, all the proceeds will go to you. Ben will not get a dime. Also, you have centers for selling art works. The two most popular auctioneers are Sotheby and Christie and I think both are based in London. 1 Like |
Re: Ben Enwonwu's Portrait Of Tutu Sold At Auction For £1,205,000 by Ayodejioak(m): 12:36am On Mar 01, 2018 |
grandstar: Thank you. Great to know! |
Re: Ben Enwonwu's Portrait Of Tutu Sold At Auction For £1,205,000 by Opoki(m): 12:45am On Mar 01, 2018 |
GavelSlam:Lol... I guess you know the meaning of my smile. BTW, I'm from Ife and Tutu' first son, her third child is 76yrs old. |
Re: Ben Enwonwu's Portrait Of Tutu Sold At Auction For £1,205,000 by Ijebulogic(m): 12:51am On Mar 01, 2018 |
Igbo legend becomes famous because of Yoruba Princess...we are all one...no evil will divide us....together we are stronger. 1 Like |
Re: Ben Enwonwu's Portrait Of Tutu Sold At Auction For £1,205,000 by IamaNigerianGuy(m): 12:58am On Mar 01, 2018 |
LaudableXX: I do not have information about who the current legal owner(s) of the work is. In many cases, at auction, when possible and at the discretion of the parties, the identity of buyer and seller are concealed. Here, a clue to title comes from the information that the painting was stolen from the artists residence : we may infer that the work still belongs to his estate. 2. Nope. None to speak of. Particularly in the area of asset repatriation, we lack the leverage and respect of the diplomatic community especially in the West. |
Re: Ben Enwonwu's Portrait Of Tutu Sold At Auction For £1,205,000 by LZAA: 1:11am On Mar 01, 2018 |
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Re: Ben Enwonwu's Portrait Of Tutu Sold At Auction For £1,205,000 by LZAA: 1:13am On Mar 01, 2018 |
Ijebulogic: ![]() ![]() gumbody tinz ![]() 3 Likes |
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