A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was sold online for more than $1.4 million on Wednesday after it was removed from a Dallas park nearly two years ago over concerns the monument was racist.
The bronze statue drew a top offer of $1,435,000 from a bidder identified only as "LawDude," according to the Lone Star Auctioneers Inc. website. The second highest bidder, "MustangJerry," maxed out at $1,432,500 after placing 41 bids since the statue first went up for auction with a starting price of $450,000 on May 26.
The Dallas City Council last month voted 12-3 to declare the 1935 sculpture by Alexander Phimister Proctor as "surplus property" and sold to the highest bidder. The artwork features Lee and a young Confederate soldier on horseback.
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The dems sure do think that if they get rid of the evidence they that proved they caused all of this divided for centenaries, you all will forget they caused it all... But most of you are pretty stupid so, maybe they are right, you will forget...
ReplyDeleteThey will ERECT STATUES of PONCHOS VIEIRA.
ReplyDeleteTake down MLK.
ReplyDeleteYou could have had one made cheaper.
ReplyDeleteThat statue was paid by taxpayers and therefore should be moved only to taxpayer funded property. Nothing more, nothing less.
ReplyDeleteIf the south would have won we would of had it made...
ReplyDeleteAt least they worked back in those days
DeleteI bid 1.2 million, oh well
ReplyDeleteLet's REMOVE that MLK statue from D.C & auction Off that
ReplyDeleteone !!!!! He is the one who oppressed the White people in
America by AFFIRMATIVE ACTION !!!!
Which is REVERSE DISCRIMINATION !!!!! Throw it OUT now
Bad investment. It's not like its art and bronze prices are down.
ReplyDeleteIf the Whites had treated the Blacks, like they did to them,
ReplyDeletewith Discrimination over 50 years now, to date , they would
also be Furious !!!!! This is 2019 Not the 50's !!!!!
Affirmative Action = Discrimination = Same Thing Exactly !!
Time to end it or there Will be a Race War someday !!! Fact
I think you got that backwards there Sparky
DeleteAffirmative Action just keeps the HATE going !!! End it now
ReplyDeleteHow can Anybody argue > Equality , that's the answer !!!!
Let's have it NOW , Just Equality !!! for ALL
Jews / Indians / Whites / Blacks / Mexicans / Cubans
& the rest = ALLLLLLLL No Favoring ANY one group !!
Lets do away with BET / Black History Month / Qwanza !!!!
ReplyDeleteBlackish /
see how that goes !!!!
I hope the new owner puts the statue on land he owns so it can be seen by everyone!
ReplyDeleteWhen the Dems encounter the slightest resistance they wilt & go away.Most of those who want these statues removed don't even vote.
ReplyDelete6:47
ReplyDeleteThat is hilarious!
Great comment
Everybody go read it again!
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