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You could buy three F-22 Raptors with that kind of money. Well, Congress would never approve the sale, but this painting went for triple the per-copy price of

You could buy three F-22 Raptors with that kind of money. Well, Congress would never approve the sale, but this painting went for triple the per-copy price of the F-22, according to Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-22_Raptor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-22_Raptor I might be biased, but I know what I would pick if given the option, and it cruises 1,200 mph.

hw 9y ago
Trying to compare a piece of art, history and culture, with a weapon of destruction. Great job.
- pageandrew 9y ago
  cmon dude. raptors are awesome
- dingaling 9y ago
  An F-22 is, regardless of its function, one of the most complicated devices ever created by man. In that sense it is an example of the combined 'art' of the skills of many thousands of highly-skilled individuals. In past centuries cathedrals were hailed as the masterpieces of the skills of craftsmen.
  - speedplane 9y ago
    F-22s are cool, but sadly, probably won't hold their value as well as a DaVinci.
    - zxcmx 9y ago
      Yeah the F-22 really is useless without a military industrial complex behind it. And a defense use. Sort of a parable about modern products really. Self driving cars with no maps, phones with no updates, no app store. Our best products are really infrastructure products, supported by a cast of thousands. But the painting stands on its own and a decent pair of leather shoes will get you from a to b just as well as they did centuries ago. If I remember rightly the most universal item of soldier's kit throughout all history was the spoon.
- olympus 9y ago
  Well I think having a hangar with three F-22's in it would be pretty dang artistic. We're talking about spending money on frivolous stuff, at least mine can be used for transportation.
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Jaruzel 9y ago
You could also seriously improve the well-being and living conditions of the populous of a small to medium third-world country. But, hey, who am I to judge...?
- olympus 9y ago
  The buyer of the Da Vinci painting could have also done that. The difference is, instead of me having fantasizing about having $450mm, he/she actually has the money and didn't do it. And you're judging me?

hw 9y ago

Trying to compare a piece of art, history and culture, with a weapon of destruction. Great job.

pageandrew 9y ago
cmon dude. raptors are awesome
dingaling 9y ago
An F-22 is, regardless of its function, one of the most complicated devices ever created by man. In that sense it is an example of the combined 'art' of the skills of many thousands of highly-skilled individuals. In past centuries cathedrals were hailed as the masterpieces of the skills of craftsmen.
- speedplane 9y ago
  F-22s are cool, but sadly, probably won't hold their value as well as a DaVinci.
  - zxcmx 9y ago
    Yeah the F-22 really is useless without a military industrial complex behind it. And a defense use. Sort of a parable about modern products really. Self driving cars with no maps, phones with no updates, no app store. Our best products are really infrastructure products, supported by a cast of thousands. But the painting stands on its own and a decent pair of leather shoes will get you from a to b just as well as they did centuries ago. If I remember rightly the most universal item of soldier's kit throughout all history was the spoon.
olympus 9y ago
Well I think having a hangar with three F-22's in it would be pretty dang artistic. We're talking about spending money on frivolous stuff, at least mine can be used for transportation.

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Jaruzel 9y ago

You could also seriously improve the well-being and living conditions of the populous of a small to medium third-world country. But, hey, who am I to judge...?

olympus 9y ago
The buyer of the Da Vinci painting could have also done that. The difference is, instead of me having fantasizing about having $450mm, he/she actually has the money and didn't do it. And you're judging me?