Remember how Alan Bond, an Australian businessman, paid a record $54m for a Van Gogh within weeks of the 1987 stockmarket crash?

还记得澳大利亚商人阿兰•邦德(Alan Bond)以破纪录的5400万美元购买了一幅梵高(Van Gogh)的画，数星期后1987股市大跌就发生了吗？

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Sotheby's sold it to the Australian operator Alan Bond, who bought it on time, later went bankrupt and then served some time.

FORBES: The "Orange Marilyn" and the market

Bill Gates, who doesn't spend much quality time in the art market, did buy a beautiful Winslow Homer for a record price, but this wasn't Alan Bond flexing his flabby muscles.

FORBES: The "Orange Marilyn" and the market

Newhouse, the successful bidder for "Orange Marilyn, " won't have as much fun, but the purchase isn't likely to put him in bankruptcy court -- as "Irises" helped do to Alan Bond.

FORBES: The "Orange Marilyn" and the market