"The commercial is an utterly offensive, childishly obvious attempt to resuscitate a badly battered reputation for purely commercial purposes with what I'm sure somebody imagines to be one 'bold stroke, '" says Martin Puris, a longtime ad agency executive who is now CEO of Engine USA, an integrated communications company in New York.

FORBES: Reputation Management

The lost sale of this dinosaur has irreparably devastated my family financially, it has cost several people their jobs, taken an emotional toll on my wife and two young children and damaged my reputation as a commercial paleontologist.

NEWYORKER: Bones of Contention

Whether the artist deserves to be mentioned in the same sentence as the long-time stars of the art world is a matter of personal taste, but the sale of "Chinese Girl" appears to have cemented his reputation as a commercial, if not critical, success.

CNN: 'Mona Lisa' of kitsch, most reproduced painting, sells for $1.5m

In contrast, the Saturday Walking Street is developing a reputation of having more authentic handicrafts and being less commercial than the Sunday Walking Street.

BBC: Shopping in Chiang Mai