Originally Posted By Darkbeer Note: while the link below is a direct link to the Las Vegas Review Journal (the major newspaper in town), it does have one swear word in it <a href="http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Oct-17-Tue-2006/news/10274785.html" target="_blank">http://www.reviewjournal.com/l vrj_home/2006/Oct-17-Tue-2006/news/10274785.html</a> >>Pablo Picasso's "dream" painting has turned into a $139 million nightmare for Steve Wynn. In an accident witnessed by a group that included Barbara Walters and screenwriters Nora Ephron and Nicholas Pileggi, Wynn accidentally poked a hole in Picasso's 74-year-old painting, "Le Reve," French for "The Dream." A day earlier, Wynn had finalized a record $139 million deal for the painting of Picasso's mistress, Wynn told The New Yorker magazine The accident occurred as a gesturing Wynn, who suffers from retinitis pigmentosa, an eye disease that affects peripheral vision, struck the painting with his right elbow, leaving a hole the size of a silver dollar in the left forearm of Marie-Theresa Walter, Picasso's 21-year-old mistress. "Oh s..., look what I've done," Wynn said, according to Ephron, who gave her account in a blog published on Monday. Wynn paid $48.4 million for the Picasso in 1997 and had agreed to sell it to art collector Steven Cohen. The $139 million would have been $4 million higher than the previous high for a work of art, according to The New Yorker. Cosmetics magnate Ronald Lauder paid $135 million in July for Gustav Klimt's 1907 portrait "Adele Bloch-Bauer I." Wynn plans to restore "Le Reve" and keep it.<<
Originally Posted By DAR <<The accident occurred as a gesturing Wynn, who suffers from retinitis pigmentosa, an eye disease that affects peripheral vision, struck the painting with his right elbow, leaving a hole the size of a silver dollar in the left forearm of Marie-Theresa Walter, Picasso's 21-year-old mistress.>> Okay we know he can afford it, but isn't he like the last person you want handling this stuff.
Originally Posted By DlandDug Worse has happened to art works. The restorers will have it looking as good as new in no time. Did I ever tell you about the time I nearly punched a hole in "Luncheon of the Boating Party" by Renoir? True story. I accompanied a friend to the Phillips Collection one rainy day in Washington DC. I carried a small, collapsible umbrella. The Boating Party, a large canvas, is displayed in a fairly narrow, open gallery. As we admired the work, I gestured broadly with the furled umbrella. To my horror, the end suddenly shot forward, stopping inches from the canvas. So I can certainly understand that accidents do happen... <a href="http://www.phillipscollection.org/html/lbp.html" target="_blank">http://www.phillipscollection. org/html/lbp.html</a>
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>I gestured broadly with the furled umbrella. To my horror, the end suddenly shot forward, stopping inches from the canvas.<< That would have caused quite a Seine-sation, Doug.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer Steve Wynn... a famous casino owner.... <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Wynn" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S teve_Wynn</a>_(developer) Interesting that one of the shows in his new casino (Wynn Las Vegas) was called "Le Reve"
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Steve Wynn... lesser-known and not as funny as Ed Wynn. "*Muthtard?!* Don't leth be *thilly!" <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Wynn" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E d_Wynn</a>
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Originally Posted By DlandDug Fun fact: among Vegas high rollers, Steve Wynn is known as "The Fifth Stooge."
Originally Posted By DlandJB OK, so maybe this one might be more appropriate in General Entertainment?
Originally Posted By DAR <<His latest property called " WYNN " is amazing.>> Yeah that place was incredible. There's a very cool Ferrari(?) dealership inside the Casino. And the best looking cocktail waitresses. I did bet on a baseball game there,which was all I could afford to bet on.
Originally Posted By Mr X Hey Dar, are the limits at Wynn much higher than everywhere else on the strip? Or about the same? SuperDry could probably answer that one if you didn't notice. I'm just curious.
