Mother NY’s Christine Gignac and her artist husband Justin, have found a surprisingly clever way of getting what they want. They paint it. Be it a t-shirt, an iPhone or one month’s rent, they paint it, post it on their website Wants for Sale, sell each picture for the exact price of the subject, and use the cash to buy the real thing. So a picture of a beer costs $7 and a Nintendo Wii $270.92. So far, they have fulfilled over 60 ‘Wants’ including a slice of pizza, $360 to save kids in Africa, and all-expenses-paid holiday to Las Vegas (they also got their one month’s rent). The last batch of paintings, which are in themselves great pieces of graphic art it must be said, sold out in less than 5 minutes. However, “Financial Security”, a painting of a stack of money, is still available for only $1,000,000.00.


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Image credit: WantsforSale.com


Thanks to Alexandra Robinton for this story. Alexandra is lovely.

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