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smokyUnterland, Zurich Switzerland266 Threads 6 Polls 9,412 PostsYou find that the painting you love, having been in the family for generations, and left to you by your doting grandmother..... is actually very valuable and worth +- 500,000,Euro....Would you sell it? or keep it? 
kep it and pass it to my girls to do what they want with it
Make prints, sell them, keep the original.
I would sell it and take the money.
why....i don't like and understand much about arts.I was once in an hotel in India.....I was chatting in the lounge over a cold beer or 2 with a German doctor.We covered every subject known to man,after a while my German friend said.."yes Steve,you are clearly a realist"
So in view of that and to answer your question...............I'D SELL IT TOMORROW...!!!
So in view of that and to answer your question...............I'D SELL IT TOMORROW...!!!
Do not sell it!! Make the prints, various styles and sizes for sale at various arte shops and galleries and perhaps lease it to an art gallery or at different galleries in turn. Use it to make money over time as once you sell it, then it's all over and it's gone forever. Your grandparent could have done that and you would have gotten nothing. It is a gamble our elders, our ancestors take in bequeathing things of value to them, for us...%)
good idea make prints keep the painting you get the money your children get the painting
I will get the best price for it , even better steal it from myself , get the insurance and then will set up a charity to help needy people anywhere .. In the second instance I would still be in possession of the painting .. Now , where is it ?
LOL! I like that; good idea. Hide it in your underground vault with all the proper environmental controls. Make sure vault is perhaps in Base or Bern; lots of art there in vaults...%)
How you going to explain to the rest of the family? They all so used to seeing it hanging in the family home when they all come for Christmas.....now its missing. 
I would prefer to see the money than the picture!!! 
Lol...Smoky, you live in Zurich; the "gnomes of Zurich" does not only pertain to bankers but to art collectors. There are many vaults under ground filled with art works....and for those who would rather see the money rather than the painting(s), do as I did once paint a picture of piles of money! Worked for me, the owner was so amused, he actually kept it on his wall for his grand-kids!! (yes, they still have the paintings their short-sighted parents wanted to sell; they got the joke...%) )
Try cheating... Ask an artist to make a copy of it and sell the original. Nobody will notice.
wow how devious we are
KEEP IT, ITS TREASURE
decidedly worth keeping -- passing on to the next generation -- the money is tempting but without intrinsic value...
500,000,Euro 
...hi im new and single bla bla...lol..
yep keep it, and pass it down generation...find out about the artist and painting...maybe theres a chance you can make some money just by announcing what you got ...hum..then get a fault :-)
...hi im new and single bla bla...lol..yep keep it, and pass it down generation...find out about the artist and painting...maybe theres a chance you can make some money just by announcing what you got ...hum..then get a fault :-)
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