# ACK! I just bought a Goya on e-bay! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 9, 2007, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-i-just-bought-a-goya-on-e-bay/391471 "2007-02-09T06:13:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-i-just-bought-a-goya-on-e-bay/391471/21 "2007-02-11T00:43:15Z")
[QUOTE=Lissa] I’m not suggesting that the seller is the one who faked it (if it actually is a fake), but that _he_ could have been duped into buying a fake piece. [/QUOTE] I’m _VERY_ comfortable with the authenticity of this piece, faked newspapers notwithstanding. ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-i-just-bought-a-goya-on-e-bay/391471/22 "2007-02-11T02:07:50Z")
[QUOTE=alice\_in\_wonderland] I’m _VERY_ comfortable with the authenticity of this piece, faked newspapers notwithstanding. [/QUOTE] Then I’m very happy for you. Look-- I wasn’t trying to challenge you or scare you or anything like that. My original question about how you knew it was authentic was just my curiosity-- maybe you were an expert in Goya and I might learn something neat. I apologize if my poor phrasing made it sound like I was trying to piss on your parade. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-i-just-bought-a-goya-on-e-bay/391471/23 "2007-02-11T02:57:15Z")
[QUOTE=alice\_in\_wonderland] I’m _VERY_ comfortable with the authenticity of this piece, faked newspapers notwithstanding. [/QUOTE] I wouldn’t worry about it - like what you like. I’ve got a “copy” of Turner’s “Rain Steam and Speed” which I love beyond all measure (painted by a hippy loon who lives in a caravan - cost to me was 100 quid, a takeout Indian meal and a years subscription to Private Eye). I eventually saw the original, and frankly it’s a different category of better, but goodness me it’s still the first thing I’d take out of a burning Struan-house. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-i-just-bought-a-goya-on-e-bay/391471/24 "2007-02-12T12:50:37Z")
I think their chick peas are tastier than the store brand, but haven’t tried buying them online. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-i-just-bought-a-goya-on-e-bay/391471/25 "2007-02-12T14:24:50Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] When I read the thread title, I thought you had mistakenly purchased a single Goya bean on E-bay. I feel so stupid.. /slinks-off. [/QUOTE] Well, it had the face of the Virgin Mary in it. > [@Nava](#): > > It was created for a French customer (la Gazette des Beaux Arts). But I thought it was “prisonnier(e)” in French. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-i-just-bought-a-goya-on-e-bay/391471/26 "2007-02-12T14:30:17Z")
Was it in 1820? And I never said The Deaf One had good French 🙂 Quite a few of his works and of Picasso’s have French titles that make French go :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-i-just-bought-a-goya-on-e-bay/391471/27 "2007-02-12T16:06:14Z")
[QUOTE=alice\_in\_wonderland] FWIW, I’m buying it because I love Goya - not because I’m hoping it’s an investment or I’m going to make a brazillion dollars or whatever. 🙂 [/QUOTE] That’s a lot of De Janeiro! ---
**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_Lurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_Lurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_Lurker)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-i-just-bought-a-goya-on-e-bay/391471/28 "2007-02-13T01:17:25Z")
[QUOTE=Captain Lance Murdoch] That’s a lot of De Janeiro! [/QUOTE] This should not go unrecognized. Nice. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-i-just-bought-a-goya-on-e-bay/391471.md?page=1)