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Masturbating Figure Auctioned for $15 million

Author: Artefact
Categories: Anime Figures, News
Date: May 15, 2008 20:37 JST

Tags: Auctions, Fine Art, My Lonesome Cowboy, Onani, Sculptures, Takashi Murakami

“My Lonesome Cowboy”, a figure created by Japanese pop artist 村上隆 / Takashi Murakami

“My Lonesome Cowboy”, a figure created by Japanese pop artist 村上隆 / Takashi Murakami, was auctioned off at $15 million in a New York auction, vastly exceeding the expected price of $3-4 million.

The 254cm high figure (including his ejaculation, otherwise roughly life size), which might thus also be called a statue, depicts a naked man engaged in an act of fantastic onanism, in the style of a shonen manga. It was created using steel, acrylic and fiberglass in 1998.

According to Sotheby’s, the highest price previously fetched by Murakami’s work was “Panda”, at a positively meager $3 million, so this represents something of a triumph for him. The identity of the buyer will likely remain a closely guarded secret for reasons we can only guess at.

More detail of this outstanding artwork is below, as well as another fine work along the same lines. See here for an interview with the great artist explaining the work. Here is an English language report on the auction.

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Anonymous commented on July 2, 2011 19:18
The hell I would masturbate in front of the president of each nation if I were to receive 15mil $... More
Anonymous commented on February 24, 2011 01:25
i can fuck 150 bitch by 15000$... More

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