\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 http://www.sothebys.com/en/news-video/auction-essays/impressionist-modern-art-evening-sale-l14006/2014/06/impressionist-paintings-collection-ralph-c-wilson-jr-l14006.html http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/lot.9.html/2014/impressionist-modern-art-evening-sale-l14006 http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/lot.8.html/2014/impressionist-modern-art-evening-sale-l14006 http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/lot.11.html/2014/impressionist-modern-art-evening-sale-l14006 http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/lot.10.html/2014/impressionist-modern-art-evening-sale-l14006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaattMaann Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Maybe I'm just not into art like this - but those are pretty awful paintings - Monet had talent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekJ Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Hang on....let me dig into my petty cash... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 I don't get the seven figure price tag on art either (I suppose it's kinda like paying $7MM for a pitcher with an ERA of 4.50), but those are pretty sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloRebound Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Kind of funny that Ralph supposedly drove around in a Taurus but had $30-40m worth of artwork hanging on his walls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotAGuy Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Joke's on you Ralph! I just printed every one of those paintings off the website and am hanging them in my bathroom right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasper13 Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 So instead of signing a DE and a DT in 93, he bought a couple of ugly paintings. Monet was more important than Lombardi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotAGuy Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 So instead of signing a DE and a DT in 93, he bought a couple of ugly paintings. Monet was more important than Lombardi. Please tell me this wasn't your first clue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yungmack Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Maybe I'm just not into art like this - but those are pretty awful paintings - Monet had talent? Dogs playing cards more your speed? BTW, the Sisley was one of the art works stolen by the Nazis. Anyone know is RW donated any works to the Albright? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 I remember when he first laid eyes on RJ, he described him as "a Monet". Is this for charity? Why is his estate cashing in the paintings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Player Available Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Monet was awesome, I may buy at least two for the man cave. Replacing the framed posters of Lamonica, and Tom Flores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T master Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 (edited) NO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOPE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NADA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NAH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Edited June 5, 2014 by T master Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 I remember when he first laid eyes on RJ, he described him as "a Monet". Is this for charity? Why is his estate cashing in the paintings? We both may be reading too much into this, but I was wondering the same thing. Are the heirs now simply selling everything (including things Ralph loved) to the highest bidder? I work 2 blocks from Sotheby's--maybe I'll have to stroll over for the auction and check it out.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jr1 Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 His family can't wait to get rid of all his stuff. Shameful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF Bills Fan Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Very blurry... I don't see distinct shapes... no spaceships or robots....I'm out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy10 Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Kind of funny that Ralph supposedly drove around in a Taurus but had $30-40m worth of artwork hanging on his walls. Art appreciates in value. Cars do quite the opposite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 We both may be reading too much into this, but I was wondering the same thing. Are the heirs now simply selling everything (including things Ralph loved) to the highest bidder? I work 2 blocks from Sotheby's--maybe I'll have to stroll over for the auction and check it out.... Exactly. If his wife can't stand them, why not just give them to Albright Knox? She's about to come into nearly a billion and she's hocking the guy's treasured art? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeMonkey Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 (edited) Exactly. If his wife can't stand them, why not just give them to Albright Knox? She's about to come into nearly a billion and she's hocking the guy's treasured art? There is this legal concept called an estate. As an executor she is simply not allowed to give things away, or even sell them at below market value. She would have to purchase them from the estate at market value, then donate them to Albright Knox or whomever she liked. Or, if Mr. Wilson had that provision in his Will is another way for that to happen. Edited June 5, 2014 by CodeMonkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Sadly, I cannot. I am saving my money to keep the Bills in Buffalo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 There is this legal concept called an estate. As an executor she is simply not allowed to give things away, or even sell them at below market value. She would have to purchase them from the estate at market value, then donate them to Albright Knox or whomever she liked. Or, if Mr. Wilson had that provision in his Will is another way for that to happen. You assume nothing in his will was left to her personally? All of his assets/belongings are in this trust? And is she not the beneficiary of the estate? If she bought the paintings, to whom would the procedes go to, other than to herself and whoever else he designated as beneficiaries? Anyway, is Ralph's wife the executor of his will/estate? That sounds like a strange situation, since she is the beneficiary of his estate without doubt. Is she both? Maybe you are confusing this with her role as an executor of the trust controlling the ownership of the Bills right now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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