Colbert portrait up over $100,000 already

[Sabriel]

And there are still 9 days to go....

Better get my bid in before it's too late.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290040269306

[eleny]

1. $150,300.01 now

[eleny]

3. Make that $200,100.00

[Sabriel]

2. Makes you wonder how much the Tek Jansen novel would go for.

Now up to $200,000. Egads!

[eleny]

4. $326,100.00!

[Kiouni]

5. over 200,000

now thats cool for charity

[eleny]

6. two bidders are in a bidding war

$450,100.00

[Kiouni]

10. this is the actual photo over the fire right?

i couldnt get the pics to load

[TexasLawyer]

14. Credible bidders?

Most of these bidders don't seem creditworthy. They just have a few bids to their name for a few cheap items-- probably bidding while drunk.

If I was the seller I wouldn't be too happy if these jokers were the winners. Time will tell, I guess.

[eleny]

26. One bidder bought a sax for over 2K

That's not exactly cheap. But still, it would be a shame to have this fall apart when it's for charity.

[Phredicles]

7. Aw, man, does this mean the portrait won't be on the show any more?

The portrait-within-the-portrait is freakin' hilarious.

[eleny]

9. iT'S going to be replaced with another

'The portrait, which depicts Stephen standing by his fireplace and in front of a previous portrait, will be replaced with a new portrait, which depicts Stephen standing by his fireplace, in front of a previous portrait, in front of a previous portrait. At least one critic has already heralded the Stephen Colbert Portrait Series as “the equivalent of the Genius Grant, the Fibonacci Sequence, and ‘The DaVinci Code’ combined.”"

[Phredicles]

13. Clearly an idea whose time has come.

Thanks, I feel better!

[Hissyspit]

20. It's now a portrait-within-a-portrait within-a-portrait.

It's even more egocentric than before. Also there is a fire in the fireplace and you can see his hands. Other than that it is very similar.

[Bozita]

8. Current bid: US $450,100.00

[eleny]

11. $600,100.00

[photogirl12]

12. Wow, $600,100!!! n/t

[eleny]

15. some more bidders have jumped in

welcome to du!

[photogirl12]

17. I am still in shock

at the price that this is going for!!! Unreal!!! At least it is for charity!!

and thank you for welcoming me! :hi:

[eleny]

18. Hope you come visit the crafting forum some time

It's a combo DYI, home improvement and craft forum. We don't have nearly enough crafters posting. Here's the url
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=287

[photogirl12]

24. Actually...

I have been there. My friend ( who I swear is completely insane) decided to make a Mickey Mouse rug out of an afghan pattern. Dora helped me figure out how much yarn my friend would need.

[eleny]

28. Is my face red!

I just read that thread the other day! :blush:

[photogirl12]

41. That's ok

I think you might have been in such a state of shock over the price of the Colbert portrait that you forgot everything that you read this week. It happens to the best of us.

[earth mom]

16. It's at 600K now!

I don't have cable so can someone explain this to me other than the charity angle? :shrug:

on edit: it looks like some of the bids may or may not be fake...

[Hissyspit]

19. It's the one-year anniversary and they put up a new portrait...

One even more egocentric than the original. So now the original one is being auctioned off for charity. He didn't say which charity or charities, though.

Who can afford that kind of bid??

[Hissyspit]

21. Oh, I see. Proceeds go to Save The Children. n/t

[Hissyspit]

22. LOL "The Fibonacci Sequence.. extremely realistic..."

What The Critic says:
While certainly not the first work to champion metastasis, assymetry, topography, decay, multiplicity, and, crucially, mischief in the quadrolinear plane-- and let's not resign the vanguard to mere chronology, for Clobbmann's "Auto-Clobb" did exemplify this alchemy quite potently, and more than twelve years ago-- the "Colbert" is truly, irrefutably, a masterwork: colorist in its flair, theorist in its proclivity, dadaist in its zeitgeist. If there's one painting you buy on eBay this year...

--S. Adam LeBaz, Art Critic

[Kurovski]

34. I agree.

:rofl:

[The Backlash Cometh]

40. What a hoot. Which begs the question, "Do Freepers have art auctions?"

and if they did, what would it look like?

[Hissyspit]

46. Cowboy art, civil war prints, and Thomas Kincaide? n/t

[The Doctor.]

23. Let's see O'Reilly pull that off.

:rofl:

[eleny]

25. This auction should make the news K&R

[WindRavenX]

27. 1 million !

:wow:

[LouisianaLiberal]

29. Now over, OVER, Ten Million Dollars!

Four bidders over two million. This can't be real. I mean, I'd like to have this - but come on. If someone is messing with this donation to Save the Children, they should be ashamed.

On the other hand, it will be all over the news if this is actually real. I just can't believe it is.

[LouisianaLiberal]

30. Now, one minute later, over 30 Million Dollars!!!!

Something's going on - can this be real?

[nedbal]

32. ""can this be real?"" no, no, and NO, my guess he may get 20k n/t

[LouisianaLiberal]

33. You're right. Now almost 78 mil.

Now its just silly. If no charity were involved it wouldn't be a problem. What's the point of this?

On edit: This site says that any bid over $15,000 must be accompanied by a valid credit card or verifiable identity. I don't "ebay" so I initially assumed, foolishly perhaps, that there was some kind of quality control to prevent false bids. Guess not.

[nedbal]

31. $30,000,100.00 still a bargin :)

Bidder Bid Amount Date of bid

psolem( 6 ) US $30,000,100.00 Oct-17-06 22:32:42 PDT


godlovessupernintendo( 4 ) US $30,000,000.00 Oct-17-06 22:23:48 PDT


psolem( 6 ) US $30,000,000.00 Oct-17-06 22:32:23 PDT


psolem( 6 ) US $15,000,000.00 Oct-17-06 22:32:14 PDT


psolem( 6 ) US $11,000,000.00 Oct-17-06 22:32:03 PDT


psolem( 6 ) US $10,000,201.00 Oct-17-06 22:31:37 PDT


bargain--cds( 465) US $10,000,000.00 Oct-17-06 22:07:54 PDT


godlovessupernintendo( 4 ) US $5,000,000.00 Oct-17-06 22:23:39 PDT


pumpkinfreak847( 16) US $2,000,300.00 Oct-17-06 22:22:46 PDT


goowijand( 23) US $2,000,000.00 Oct-17-06 22:20:56 PDT


goowijand( 23) US $1,900,000.00 Oct-17-06 22:20:47 PDT


goowijand( 23) US $1,800,000.00 Oct-17-06 22:20:28 PDT


goowijand( 23) US $1,700,000.00 Oct-17-06 22:20:13 PDT


goowijand( 23) US $1,600,000.00 Oct-17-06 22:20:01 PDT


goowijand( 23) US $1,500,000.00 Oct-17-06 22:19:50 PDT


goowijand( 23) US $1,400,000.00 Oct-17-06 22:19:38 PDT


goowijand( 23) US $1,300,000.00 Oct-17-06 22:19:27 PDT


goowijand( 23) US $1,200,000.00 Oct-17-06 22:19:14 PDT

[alittlelark]

35. Just wondering.... why is the title shaded?

It's all too surreal.

[Omphaloskepsis]

36. Kinda fucked up that a few twits fucked the auction up.

Hopefully they can prune the fake bids and give real money to a good charity.

[LouisianaLiberal]

37. You could tell that Colbert was very sincere

tonight when he thanked his audience for the success of the last year. He tried to do something good by donating the portrait to benefit a children's charity.

A few jackasses apparently think they're being clever. Sad, really.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

39. Yeah I agree

I remember when that guy sold his ex-wife's wedding dress. That was a really funny auction - he posted a lot of hilarious Q&A while it was running - but then idiots drove up the bid just like for this one and eBay had to cull them.

Colbert will give it all to Save the Children. What a sweetheart.

[tomreedtoon]

38. You realize how many Second Chance offers it'll take?

Most of these big bids are frauds. You and I both know it. But according to eBay rules, you have to give the second-highest bid a chance, and if that goes, the third-highest...

I wonder how many bids this will have to go before they find someone willing to pay real money.

[yodermon]

42. lol

[WinkyDink]

43. Well, thanks to morons, this is toast.

[Pawel K]

44. freepers are fucking disgusting

this is for charity but they don't give a shit as long as it advances their political cause. I would ask what would jesus do but obviously they stopped asking this decades ago. Fucking pond scum, nothing more.

[survivor999]

53. What happens on e-bay when

people make fake bids such as those ones? Do they get in trouble, if they are identified?

[Pawel K]

57. nothing really.

The person that started the auction can file a complaint with eBay and there is a small chance that ebay will delete that persons account. If the auction ends with the fake bid the seller can give the fake buyer a negative feedback. Thats pretty much the extent of it.

These people suffer from internet asshole syndrome. They get to say and do whatever they want without having to show their cawordly face. I would love to run into one of these fucktards on the street.

[Laurab]

45. Damn and I was thinking of bidding...

It says bidders must be pre-approved, and also there have been several administrative cancellations of bids, but still, there's no way someone actually bid 10,000,000. My guess is that there will be a few more administrative cancellations. I don't think it's freepers, I think it's more likely overzealous young Colbert fans...

The new portrait is quite nice, he said he's going to add another Stephen every year!

[Lisa]

50. yes -- I can hardly wait for the new painting to be auctioned!

Colbert did say he was pleased that he could finally afford an artist "who can do hands".

(For some reason I found this inordinately amusing ... and also the TV image of him standing under the portrait of him standing under the portrait of him standing under the portrait of him.)

[Laurab]

51. I find most everything he does inordinately amusing.....

I just love the guy - my husband doesn't get it at all, but I guess some people get satire, others don't. He had me after the WH Correspondent's dinner, and I don't think I've missed a show since...well, since I discovered it was on a Canadian Channel we got, up until we finally got Comedy Central last month.

I've also watched a lot of the old shows on YouTube, and I've read interviews. Stephen seems to be just an inherently decent man, who is also a brilliant comedian - sort of like Jon Stewart, but different. What amazes me is that so many of his fans are teenagers, and I'm 51 years old!

[Lisa]

55. I was pleased when they started carrying it in Canada, too!

I originally heard about Jon Stewart's show from friends up here (it's on the CTV channel at midnight, and for those with cable, on the Canadian version of the Comedy Network at 11). Due to public demand they put both shows on CTV -- I guess Colbert heard about it because he actually welcomed Canadian viewers to the show, last year!

Though it hurts to admit it, Colbert has a broader range of skills and is probably more creative than our nearest equivalent up here (Rick Mercer) -- sure, Mercer came up with the infamous "petition for Stockwell Day to change his name to Doris" campaign, but Colbert has more shows per week (and has to stay in character yet not become predictable).

I admit that I was a tiny bit disappointed that there wasn't an encore of the tumbling routine earlier this week, when Amy Sedaris pitched her book on the Daily Show!

Funny about the fan age spans -- I'm almost 39, and earlier this year I had to work on a project with my boss's teenaged son. His mom later told me that "he came home raving about the fact that you know about Stephen Colbert".

[Laurab]

58. I'm not sure Jon tumbles! Maybe Stephen will have her on again.

I'm in the Buffalo area, about 20 minutes from Canada, and I found out accidentally it was on a Canadian station (our basic cable didn't carry it). I was thrilled when I found that out, and I was watching the midnight shows until we got Direct TV when Time-Warner took over our cable co.

The age span cracks me up - There's a new messageboard at Colbertnation.com (not the official Comedy Central one), and I'd say the average age of posters is around 17 because a lot of them aren't old enough to get into a taping. And there are a LOT of posters. That's why I think they're the ones who bid on the painting on ebay.

My 18 year old nephew is a fan, so is my 39 year old brother, so he does seem to span the ages.

I have to admit I never heard of Rick Mercer, but I do love your country. I often think how nice it is that it's just a 20 minute drive to a nice, peaceful country!

[sakabatou]

47. Current bid is at $5,200

[Laurab]

48. Yeah, they cancelled tons of bids

"administrative cancellation" - there's a long list of them. I figured they'd do that, and now you have to email them to be able to bid, so it should stay realistic now.

[TexasLawyer]

49. As expected-- when they got rid of trashy buyers with

pie-in-the-sky bids, the price came down to earth.

[eleny]

52. $6,200.00 now and it makes so much more sense

That was a wild ride last night.

[fed-up]

54. still at $6,200 kicking this for the fun of it n/t

[AnnInLa]

56. $6,200