Why Did "The Scream" Sell for $119.9 Million?

THE LAST AUCTION HERO DEPT.

As we mentioned earlier, a version of Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” sold for $119.9 million — that’s the most ever paid for a work of art at auction! To give you an idea of just how much $119.9 million is: if you had 119 million $1 bills and stacked them one on top of the other…it would be a better use of time and money than whatever Michael Bay would do with the same amount of cash! Still — what makes this particular smear of pastel so special? As usual, we’ve got the answers… 

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MAD's Parodies of Edvard Munch's "The Scream"

CLASSIC MAD DEPT.

A version of Edvard Munch's painting The Scream sold for $119.9 million at auction yesterday, which got us wondering: could any of our classic parody masterpieces fetch a similar amount? 

MAD Magazine Edvard Munkee The Screech Munch Scream The Idiotical"Edvard Munkee's 'The Screech'" from "MOMA — The Museum of Monkey Art", 
MAD #488, April 2008     Artist: James Warhola 

MAD Magazine Howard Dean Scream Edvard Munch James Warhola The Idiotical"Howard Dean's Scream" from MAD #449, January 2005     
Writer: Desmond Devlin     Artist: James Warhola 

MAD Magazine Uncle Sam The Scream Hermann Mejia 50 Worst Things ABout Amercian The IdioticalFrom "The 50 Worst Things About America", MAD #515, June 2012
Artist: Hermann Mejia

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