Vincent van Goghas

“Da Man”

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Van GoghVan Gogh atat 19 years of age19 years of age

Vincent van GoghVincent van Gogh completed thousands of sketches and oil paintings. He sold only one, four months before his death, for 400 francs (about $100 dollars). He lived for 37 years before he shot himself in the chest in a wheat field and died in 1890.

Here is van Gogh’s “The Red “The Red Vineyard”Vineyard”, which sold for about $100.

In 1987, howmuch was paidfor one of his““Sunflowers”Sunflowers”paintings?

$39.9 M$39.9 M

In 1990, this painting was sold to a Japanese investor for? $82.5 M$82.5 M

In 1987, his Irises sold for? $53.9 M$53.9 M

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Vincent’s first cousin, “KeeKee”, who rejected his advances.

Self portrait after Vincent cutcutoff his ear lobe with a razoroff his ear lobe with a razorblade in a state of fury.

He wrapped the ear lobe ina newspaper & gave it to afemale friend in a brothel.

$71.5 million

““Little Vincent”Little Vincent”[age 13]

So – during Vincent’s life, there was “big “big supply but no demand.”supply but no demand.”

Or in other words, after his death he became ““da man.da man.””

But – after his death,there was “big demand“big demandbut small supply.”but small supply.”