# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3201
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64008 "2019-01-17T15:45:13Z")
Rivers that form all or part of national boundaries 1. Paraná River - Argentina & Paraguay 2. Bug River: Ukraine and Poland 3. St. Lawrence River - US and Canada 4. Rio Grande - US and Mexico 5. Danube - Austria, Slovakia, Croatia, Serbia, Hungary, Romania, and Ukraine 6. Mékrou — Benin & Burkina Faso, Benin & Niger ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64009 "2019-01-17T15:47:59Z")
Rivers that form all or part of national boundaries 1. Paraná River - Argentina & Paraguay 2. Bug River: Ukraine and Poland 3. St. Lawrence River - US and Canada 4. Rio Grande - US and Mexico 5. Danube - Austria, Slovakia, Croatia, Serbia, Hungary, Romania, and Ukraine 6. Mékrou — Benin & Burkina Faso, Benin & Niger 7. River Tweed - England & Scotland ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64010 "2019-01-17T15:49:09Z")
Rivers that form all or part of national boundaries 1. Paraná River - Argentina & Paraguay 2. Bug River: Ukraine and Poland 3. St. Lawrence River - US and Canada 4. Rio Grande - US and Mexico 5. Danube - Austria, Slovakia, Croatia, Serbia, Hungary, Romania, and Ukraine 6. Mékrou — Benin & Burkina Faso, Benin & Niger 7. River Tweed - England & Scotland 8. Yobe River - Niger and Nigeria ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64011 "2019-01-17T18:32:29Z")
Rivers that form all or part of national boundaries 1. Paraná River - Argentina & Paraguay 2. Bug River: Ukraine and Poland 3. St. Lawrence River - US and Canada 4. Rio Grande - US and Mexico 5. Danube - Austria, Slovakia, Croatia, Serbia, Hungary, Romania, and Ukraine 6. Mékrou — Benin & Burkina Faso, Benin & Niger 7. River Tweed - England & Scotland 8. Yobe River - Niger and Nigeria 9. Rhine - Germany and Switzerland, France and Germany, Netherlands and Germany ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64012 "2019-01-17T19:26:38Z")
Rivers that form all or part of national boundaries 1. Paraná River - Argentina & Paraguay 2. Bug River: Ukraine and Poland 3. St. Lawrence River - US and Canada 4. Rio Grande - US and Mexico 5. Danube - Austria, Slovakia, Croatia, Serbia, Hungary, Romania, and Ukraine 6. Mékrou — Benin & Burkina Faso, Benin & Niger 7. River Tweed - England & Scotland 8. Yobe River - Niger and Nigeria 9. Rhine - Germany and Switzerland, France and Germany, Netherlands and Germany 10. Shatt al-Arab - Iraq and Iran ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64013 "2019-01-17T20:20:45Z")
Rivers that form all or part of national boundaries 1. Paraná River - Argentina & Paraguay 2. Bug River: Ukraine and Poland 3. St. Lawrence River - US and Canada 4. Rio Grande - US and Mexico 5. Danube - Austria, Slovakia, Croatia, Serbia, Hungary, Romania, and Ukraine 6. Mékrou — Benin & Burkina Faso, Benin & Niger 7. River Tweed - England & Scotland 8. Yobe River - Niger and Nigeria 9. Rhine - Germany and Switzerland, France and Germany, Netherlands and Germany 10. Shatt al-Arab - Iraq and Iran 11. Mekong - Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia ---
**Author:** ![friendlessboob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@friendlessboob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friendlessboob)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64014 "2019-01-17T20:49:46Z")
Rivers that form all or part of national boundaries 1. Paraná River - Argentina & Paraguay 2. Bug River: Ukraine and Poland 3. St. Lawrence River - US and Canada 4. Rio Grande - US and Mexico 5. Danube - Austria, Slovakia, Croatia, Serbia, Hungary, Romania, and Ukraine 6. Mékrou — Benin & Burkina Faso, Benin & Niger 7. River Tweed - England & Scotland 8. Yobe River - Niger and Nigeria 9. Rhine - Germany and Switzerland, France and Germany, Netherlands and Germany 10. Shatt al-Arab - Iraq and Iran 11. Mekong - Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia 12. Limpopo River - South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64015 "2019-01-17T21:38:14Z")
Ah, yes, the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River, all set about with fever-trees, where the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake dwells!: [Just So Stories, Rudyard Kipling](http://www.boop.org/jan/justso/elephant.htm) ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64016 "2019-01-17T22:49:47Z")
Rivers that form all or part of national boundaries 1. Paraná River - Argentina & Paraguay 2. Bug River: Ukraine and Poland 3. St. Lawrence River - US and Canada 4. Rio Grande - US and Mexico 5. Danube - Austria, Slovakia, Croatia, Serbia, Hungary, Romania, and Ukraine 6. Mékrou — Benin & Burkina Faso, Benin & Niger 7. River Tweed - England & Scotland 8. Yobe River - Niger and Nigeria 9. Rhine - Germany and Switzerland, France and Germany, Netherlands and Germany 10. Shatt al-Arab - Iraq and Iran 11. Mekong - Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia 12. Limpopo River - South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe 13. Niagara River - US and Canada Next: Artworks that have sold for over $1 million. 1. _Nymphéas_ by Monet - last sold for $54 million ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64017 "2019-01-18T00:27:49Z")
Artworks that have sold for over $1 million. 1. _Nymphéas_ by Monet - last sold for $54 million 2. _Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1_ by Georgia O’Keeffe $44.4 million ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64018 "2019-01-18T02:41:08Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Ah, yes, the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River, all set about with fever-trees, where the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake dwells!: [Just So Stories, Rudyard Kipling](http://www.boop.org/jan/justso/elephant.htm) Here’s Jack Nicholson’s reading of that line: [https://youtu.be/xmjz5VE9xhg?t=316](https://youtu.be/xmjz5VE9xhg?t=316) ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64019 "2019-01-18T02:53:08Z")
Artworks that have sold for over $1 million. 1. _Nymphéas_ by Monet - last sold for $54 million 2. _Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1_ by Georgia O’Keeffe $44.4 million 3. _Juan de Pareja_ by Velasquez - $5,544,000, in 1970 When it was sold at Christie’s in London for £2,310,000 /$5,544,000, it was the first painting to sell for more than a £1,000,000, setting a new record for the price of paintings sold at auction. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64020 "2019-01-18T04:57:50Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > Here’s Jack Nicholson’s reading of that line: [https://youtu.be/xmjz5VE9xhg?t=316](https://youtu.be/xmjz5VE9xhg?t=316) Thanks! My dad always loved that line. Artworks that have sold for over $1 million. 1. Nymphéas by Monet - last sold for $54 million 2. Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 by Georgia O’Keeffe $44.4 million 3. Juan de Pareja by Velasquez - $5,544,000, in 1970 4. Salvator Mundi by da Vinci - $450.3 million, in 2017 To date, the most money _ever_ paid for a painting: [Salvator Mundi (Leonardo) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvator_Mundi_(Leonardo)) ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64021 "2019-01-18T13:20:48Z")
Artworks that have sold for over $1 million. 1. Nymphéas by Monet - last sold for $54 million 2. Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 by Georgia O’Keeffe $44.4 million 3. Juan de Pareja by Velasquez - $5,544,000, in 1970 4. Salvator Mundi by da Vinci - $450.3 million, in 2017 5. Girl With Balloon by Banksy - $1.4 million who knows how much it would fetch post-shredding ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64022 "2019-01-18T14:23:55Z")
Artworks that have sold for over $1 million. 1. Nymphéas by Monet - last sold for $54 million 2. Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 by Georgia O’Keeffe $44.4 million 3. Juan de Pareja by Velasquez - $5,544,000, in 1970 4. Salvator Mundi by da Vinci - $450.3 million, in 2017 5. Girl With Balloon by Banksy - $1.4 million 6. Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) by David Hockney, $58.4 million > **[David Hockney Painting Sells for a Record-Breaking $90.3 Million at Christie's](https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/david-hockney-painting-christies)** > > Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) set a new bar for the sum commanded by a living artist ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64023 "2019-01-18T15:21:00Z")
Artworks that have sold for over $1 million. 1. Nymphéas by Monet - last sold for $54 million 2. Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 by Georgia O’Keeffe $44.4 million 3. Juan de Pareja by Velasquez - $5,544,000, in 1970 4. Salvator Mundi by da Vinci - $450.3 million, in 2017 5. Girl With Balloon by Banksy - $1.4 million 6. Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) by David Hockney, $58.4 million 7. Odalisque couchee aux magnolias by Matisse - $80,750,000 in 2018 > **[‘My highlight of 2018’ — Odalisque couchée aux magnolias by Henri Matisse |...](https://www.christies.com/features/My-highlight-of-2018-Odalisque-couchee-aux-magnolias-by-Matisse-9600-3.aspx)** > > Impressionist and Modern Art specialist Jessica Fertig selects the once-in-a-lifetime sale of this great painting ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64024 "2019-01-18T16:00:58Z")
Artworks that have sold for over $1 million. 1. Nymphéas by Monet - last sold for $54 million 2. Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 by Georgia O’Keeffe $44.4 million 3. Juan de Pareja by Velasquez - $5,544,000, in 1970 4. Salvator Mundi by da Vinci - $450.3 million, in 2017 5. Girl With Balloon by Banksy - $1.4 million 6. Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) by David Hockney, $58.4 million 7. Odalisque couchee aux magnolias by Matisse - $80,750,000 in 2018 8. Portrait of Dr. Gachet by Vincent Van Gogh, $82.5 million in 1990 > **[Judd Tully || $82.5 Million For van Gogh; Japanese Buyer Sets Art Auction Record](http://juddtully.net/auctions/82-5-million-for-van-gogh-japanese-buyer-sets-art-auction-record/)** > > Judd Tully || $82.5 Million For van Gogh; Japanese Buyer Sets Art Auction Record ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64025 "2019-01-18T16:59:45Z")
Artworks that have sold for over $1 million. 1. Nymphéas by Monet - last sold for $54 million 2. Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 by Georgia O’Keeffe $44.4 million 3. Juan de Pareja by Velasquez - $5,544,000, in 1970 4. Salvator Mundi by da Vinci - $450.3 million, in 2017 5. Girl With Balloon by Banksy - $1.4 million 6. Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) by David Hockney, $58.4 million 7. Odalisque couchee aux magnolias by Matisse - $80,750,000 in 2018 8. Portrait of Dr. Gachet by Vincent Van Gogh, $82.5 million in 1990 9. Ginevra de’ Benci by da Vinci, $5 million in 1967 A record-breaker for its time ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64026 "2019-01-18T22:29:18Z")
Artworks that have sold for over $1 million. 1. Nymphéas by Monet - last sold for $54 million 2. Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 by Georgia O’Keeffe $44.4 million 3. Juan de Pareja by Velasquez - $5,544,000, in 1970 4. Salvator Mundi by da Vinci - $450.3 million, in 2017 5. Girl With Balloon by Banksy - $1.4 million 6. Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) by David Hockney, $58.4 million 7. Odalisque couchee aux magnolias by Matisse - $80,750,000 in 2018 8. Portrait of Dr. Gachet by Vincent van Gogh, $82.5 million in 1990 9. Ginevra de’ Benci by da Vinci, $5 million in 1967 10. Laboureur dans un champ by van Gogh, $81.3 million in 2017 [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-14/van-gogh-s-insane-asylum-view-sells-for-81-3-million-at-auction](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-14/van-gogh-s-insane-asylum-view-sells-for-81-3-million-at-auction) ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64027 "2019-01-19T00:21:48Z")
Artworks that have sold for over $1 million. 1. Nymphéas by Monet - last sold for $54 million 2. Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 by Georgia O’Keeffe $44.4 million 3. Juan de Pareja by Velasquez - $5,544,000, in 1970 4. Salvator Mundi by da Vinci - $450.3 million, in 2017 5. Girl With Balloon by Banksy - $1.4 million 6. Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) by David Hockney, $58.4 million 7. Odalisque couchee aux magnolias by Matisse - $80,750,000 in 2018 8. Portrait of Dr. Gachet by Vincent van Gogh, $82.5 million in 1990 9. Ginevra de’ Benci by da Vinci, $5 million in 1967 10. Laboureur dans un champ by van Gogh, $81.3 million in 2017 11. Artemis and the Stag, early Roman, bronze sculpture, $28.6 million in 2007 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3200) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3202)