Otherwise known as the reason large art sales exist: Money laundering et al. It is very convenient when you get to call your money transfer "A Sale". If the th

Otherwise known as the reason large art sales exist: Money laundering et al. It is very convenient when you get to call your money transfer "A Sale". If the thing you're buying has a publicly verifiable (albeit dubious/preposterous) market value, you aren't even committing fraud!