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To: Lane3 who wrote (58440)	4/10/2008 8:44:53 AM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542904

The world of expensive art is mostly a mystery to me; it's even more subjective than land and real estate, which is more arbitrary than many folks think. That is a very nice painting. Does it thrill you $11K worth? And would it resell for that or more later, or are you buying it for personal enjoyment and consumption? Recently I was looking for the right pieces to finish off a large bedroom wall. In the end, I skipped the expensive painting route and found a couple of photographic prints I really enjoyed looking at. Saved a bundle too. ;<) It's all subjective. FWIW, we had our Lexus in southern Africa for the first year and a half where we were mostly on two-lane country roads and speed limits were academic. It was the first time I found you could go into a sharp curve at 75mph and accelerate through and out of it, while the car sticks to the road like glue. That is a different level of engineering from the mid-rank cars.

To: Lane3 who wrote (58440)	4/10/2008 9:13:15 AM
From: Suma	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542904

Karen that picture is magnificent. It must be of Sedona.. or it surely looks like Sedona. If you like it and want it go for it. If you enjoy it even more so. I had a blow the other day when I took one of my silk rugs in for cleaning and learned that the price that I had paid, five thousand dollars was way too much. In other words, I was taken. I loved the rug and have two other oriental silk rugs in the country. I realize now that I was taken on those too. This dealer showed me how cotton was woven into the silk to imitate an all silk rug. He showed me the difference by putting my rug against a truly all silk one. Made me sick. Just another scam in Florida. I really have been a dope for them.