Zhongjun's $61.8M Art Buy
Wang Zhongjun · Paid $61.8 Million for a Van Gogh Floral Still Life
$61.8 millionCould have fed
564,384
hungry kids for a whole year
No Kid Hungry: $1 can help provide 10 meals for kids. Three meals a day for 365 days is 1,095 meals, about $110 per child per year. No Kid Hungry, What your dollars can do
Wang Zhongjun was reported as the buyer of Van Gogh's Still Life, Vase with Daisies and Poppies for $61.8 million at Sotheby's.
Or it could have
- 11,236
lives from malariaGiveWell estimates its top charities save a life for $3,000 to $5,500. We use the higher figure: $5,500, the cost through Against Malaria Foundation bed nets. GiveWell, How much does it cost to save a life?
- 564,384
hungry kids for a whole yearNo Kid Hungry: $1 can help provide 10 meals for kids. Three meals a day for 365 days is 1,095 meals, about $110 per child per year. No Kid Hungry, What your dollars can do
- 1.5 million
people clean drinking watercharity: water: about $40 funds clean water for one person, on average, in rural communities. charity: water, How much clean water will my donation provide
- 3,463
homeless veteransAt the U.S. median rent of $1,487 a month (Census, 2024), about $17,844 a year. U.S. Census Bureau median gross rent, via USAFacts
- 1,732
families escaping abuse a safe home for two yearsThe federal transitional housing program for survivors pays market rent for up to 24 months. At the U.S. median rent of $1,487 a month (Census, 2024), that is about $35,688 per family. U.S. DOJ Office on Violence Against Women, Transitional housing
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The purchase: Sky News, November 2014; Artnet News, November 2014. The full story on Rich vs Reality →