So I read earlier this morning on SFGATE that the fabled Palace Hotel - a very fine establishment where I spent many a night before moving to San Francisco - has quietly taken down its famous Maxfield Parrish painting, The Pied Piper, from the walls of its bar, also named The Pied Piper, and announced it will be put up for auction on May 23.
The estimated value of the painting has been said to be between $3 and $5 million dollars.
Holy shit, Batman. Is the hotel that hard up for cash? I mean, their official excuse of It is no longer practical for the hotel to display, an original work of this value and cultural significance, in a public area doesn't really fly, since it's been a part of the watering hole for over 100 years, without incident.
How sad. How very sad, indeed.
How sad. How very sad, indeed.
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