Anyone have $57 million to spend on a 3-inch tall piece of limestone?

[arnisador]

Mesopotamian sculpture sells for record 57 million dollars (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071206/ts_afp/entertainmentartusantiquityauction)



A tiny and extremely rare 5,000-year-old white limestone sculpture from ancient Mesopotamia sold for 57.2 million dollars in New York on Wednesday, smashing records for both sculpture and antiquities.

[Segi]

Can I post date a check for that? : )

[Carol]

Do you take Monopoly money?

[arnisador]

Now, here's a more rational way to spend a lot of cash on a small object:;
81-year-old Scotch sells for $54,000 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071209/ap_on_fe_st/odd_whisky_auction)



An anonymous collector bought the pricey potable at Christie's sale of wines and spirits on Saturday.


The 100-lot auction sold a total of $304,800 worth of rare wine and liquor. The top lot was a collection of 729 bottles of whisky, which went for $102,000.