OT: Metal work

My thoughts? If the seller can afford to own a $255K sculpture you'd think he could afford $50 for a camera.

The patina that forms on copper and bronze is described as follows:

The green patina that forms naturally on copper and bronze, sometimes called verdigris, usually consists of varying mixtures of copper chlorides, sulfides, sulfates and carbonates, depending upon environmental conditions such as sulfur-containing acid rain. In clean air rural environments, the patina is created by the slow chemical reaction of copper with carbon dioxide and water, producing a basic copper carbonate.

He probably stiffed his worker so they couldn't afford a good phone, which is probably how the picture was taken.

Bronze is a Tin copper alloy. Brass is a copper and zinc alloy.

The Green is from the copper. White comes from zinc but the copper is green and blue green.

Marine Bronze stays brownish. Si-Bronze is Golden and tuns greenish.

Mart> A $255,000.00 piece of bronze.

Art that commands a high price normally is accompanied with complete provenance and the sales catalog will normally state this. In this case you get a remark that it is from so and so's collection.

It sort of makes one wonder.

Thanks for the info, Martin.