I am thinking more and more the high-end art thing is a big international money laundering thing.
Hillary has her embassy art program to move crate-loads and plane-loads of "things" around the world, these people seem to all collect a lot of high-end "art" like the Podesta bros. etc. and George Webb said (at 20 sec. mark) John Podesta is secreting all his billions around the world via art transfers to stash $$$ in a way that is hard to confiscate/expropriate later.
Plus art has wacky 'price' system that is all subjective and set by famously crooked auction houses.
Art discussion with any #pizzagate actors can be considered like bullion or bonds or any wealth-transfer vehicle. (opinion)
The paintings do not go through customers, and count as a "cultural export" so they are a great way to launder money.
They are also secure. If a "painting" gets stolen, then how can it get sold? only a die hard collector would want it.
But no one is collecting the modern art, only the government and certain individuals. The lack of a black market for this stuff indicates that there is something artificial in these transactions, like a form of money laundering.
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flyingcuttlefish ago
I am thinking more and more the high-end art thing is a big international money laundering thing.
Hillary has her embassy art program to move crate-loads and plane-loads of "things" around the world, these people seem to all collect a lot of high-end "art" like the Podesta bros. etc. and George Webb said (at 20 sec. mark) John Podesta is secreting all his billions around the world via art transfers to stash $$$ in a way that is hard to confiscate/expropriate later.
Plus art has wacky 'price' system that is all subjective and set by famously crooked auction houses.
Art discussion with any #pizzagate actors can be considered like bullion or bonds or any wealth-transfer vehicle. (opinion)
senpaithatignoresyou ago
The paintings do not go through customers, and count as a "cultural export" so they are a great way to launder money.
They are also secure. If a "painting" gets stolen, then how can it get sold? only a die hard collector would want it.
But no one is collecting the modern art, only the government and certain individuals. The lack of a black market for this stuff indicates that there is something artificial in these transactions, like a form of money laundering.