Planet Monet (Classic)
Planet Money
NPR
4.6 • 30.5K Ratings
🗓️ 11 January 2021
⏱️ 18 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is Planet Money from NPR. |
| 0:04.0 | Hey, it's James Sneed, producer here at Planet Money. |
| 0:10.8 | A couple years ago, Julia Simon and Kenny Malone did a story on the art market and how |
| 0:15.5 | some of the most valuable works in the world are kept in a kind of painting perkatory. |
| 0:21.1 | So for no particular reason other than it just happens to be one of our own personal |
| 0:25.4 | favorite episodes, here's Planet Monet. |
| 0:28.8 | Enjoy. |
| 0:30.8 | Julia Simon. |
| 0:31.8 | Kenny Malone. |
| 0:32.8 | Last week you spent some time on Manhattan's Upper East Side. |
| 0:36.1 | I did. |
| 0:37.1 | Because we had heard that there was like something weird going on in the art world, in the art |
| 0:42.3 | market. |
| 0:43.3 | Yeah, I went to Sotheby's, I went to this art auction, and I get there. |
| 0:48.0 | It's this big room, there's jazz music playing. |
| 0:51.0 | Ladies and gentlemen, the sale is about to begin if you could take your seats. |
| 0:54.9 | I was surrounded by men in fancy scarves, women in black dresses, everyone drinking champagne. |
| 1:00.9 | They settled in. |
| 1:01.9 | Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to Sotheby's. |
| 1:06.1 | My name is David Pollock and I will be your auctioneer this evening for you. |
| 1:09.1 | The art market has been going nuts. |
| 1:11.5 | And we begin with Lot 1. |
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