It's Nice to Have Money

From the Las Vegas Sun:
Hotel tycoon Steve Wynn peeled off a lot of greens to buy the life-sized sculpture of cartoon character Popeye created by pop-modern artist Jeff Koons at the Sotheby’s auction in New York on Wednesday night.

In fact, $28.2 million greens, and he did it by phone from his desk at his Strip hotel. It was part of a two-night sale of postwar and contemporary art that brought in more than $1 billion in record sales.

The shiny, mirrored sculpture of Popeye will go on display in the lobby of the Wynn within the month. Steve is a fan of Jeff: He purchased “Tulips” in 2012 for $33.6 million.  http://www.lasvegassun.com/vegasdeluxe/2014/may/15/steve-wynn-pays-282-million-jeff-koons-sculpture-p/
So Wynn payed $28,200,000 for this:

I'm sorry, but I've seen better scupltures coming out of a Special Education art class.