{"id":20973,"date":"2015-06-02T17:52:27","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T17:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/blog\/?p=20973"},"modified":"2023-12-28T02:31:55","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T07:31:55","slug":"what-kind-of-crap-can-you-buy-with-2-3-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2015\/06\/what-kind-of-crap-can-you-buy-with-2-3-million\/","title":{"rendered":"What kind of crap can you buy with $2.3 million?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What kind of crap can you buy with $2.3 million?!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If your answer was &#8220;Elephant,&#8221; then you are absolutely right! The somewhat controversial piece by Chris Ofili made headlines when it was exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum and thus enraged New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani. This month, the work will be up for sale at Christie&#8217;s and is expected to bring a hot, steaming pile of cash. Read the full article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2015\/06\/01\/chris-ofili-elephant-dung_n_7470692.html?utm_hp_ref=art\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2015\/06\/01\/chris-ofili-elephant-dung_n_7470692.html?utm_hp_ref=art\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/o-THE-HOLY-VIRGIN-MARY-CHRIS-OFILI-facebook.jpg\" alt=\"o-THE-HOLY-VIRGIN-MARY-CHRIS-OFILI-facebook\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What kind of crap can you buy with $2.3 million?! &nbsp; If your answer was &#8220;Elephant,&#8221; then you are absolutely right! The somewhat controversial piece by Chris Ofili made headlines when it was exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum and thus &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2015\/06\/what-kind-of-crap-can-you-buy-with-2-3-million\/?contemporary=N\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-20973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rehs-contemporary","tag-rehs-contemporary-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What Kind Of Crap Can You Buy With $2.3 Million?!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2015\/06\/what-kind-of-crap-can-you-buy-with-2-3-million\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What kind of crap can you buy with $2.3 million?!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What kind of crap can you buy with $2.3 million?! &nbsp; If your answer was &#8220;Elephant,&#8221; then you are absolutely right! 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