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- ukit
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/ne…
Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich bought 35 contemporary artworks for his luxury yacht, “Eclipse,” an art dealer revealed.
Abramovich was the buyer of Francis Bacon’s 1976 “Triptych” for $86.3 million and Lucian Freud’s 1995 “Benefits Supervisor Sleeping” for $33.6 million at auctions in New York in May 2008, dealers said. The prices set records for a postwar work of art and a work by a living artist, respectively.
Abramovich’s 13,000-tonne yacht “Eclipse” is about 560 feet long and is the world’s biggest private yacht. It was built by Blohm + Voss of Hamburg, launched on June 12, 2009, and is due to be delivered this year. The yacht is protected by armor-plating and a missile-defense system. Snooping snappers will be deterred by an anti-paparazzi laser shield that fires bolts of light at cameras to obliterate photographs.
The Bermuda-registered vessel, with 70 full-time crew, boasts two helicopter pads, 11 guest cabins, a disco hall and at least one mini-submarine, said the Web site of Live Yachting. The total cost of “Eclipse,” which has taken four years to build, isn’t known, said Live Yachting. The final bill may approach $1.2 billion, said Charlie Sorrel in www.wired.com in September, 2009.
Sculptures by Millennium’s Simon Allen -- who produces gilded wall reliefs resembling over-sized jewelry, priced at 5,000 pounds to 18,000 pounds -- and minimalist abstract paintings by Trevor Bell, which cost as much as 25,000 pounds, will displayed on the yacht, said Clarke.
- scarabin0
"The yacht is protected by armor-plating and a missile-defense system. Snooping snappers will be deterred by an anti-paparazzi laser shield that fires bolts of light at cameras to obliterate photographs."
christ, who is this guy? Dr. No?
- boobs0
I can see buying Bacon, but Lucien Freud? Well, that just shows a complete lack of aesthetics right there.
- ukit0
He made the news in WSJ just for buying lunch ($52,000 bill).
- version30
i want a $12K tip
- ReverendGeneral0
Really? We want to resurrect this douche?
- janne760
Hey, pr2, they both depict human flesh mostly, like you find in the anusrings you love to penetrate.
- hedged0
I'm not that flashy anymore.