# 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:** 3202
**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 19, 2019, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64028 "2019-01-19T13:41:56Z")
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 12. White Flags by Jasper Johns, $20 million in 1998 ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64029 "2019-01-19T14:37:34Z")
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 12. White Flags by Jasper Johns, $20 million in 1998 13. Andy Warhol’s Sixty Last Suppers, $60,875,000 in 2017 next: Hoaxes (with links) 1. [The Piltdown Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piltdown_Man) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64030 "2019-01-19T15:00:04Z")
Hoaxes (with links) 1. [The Piltdown Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piltdown_Man) 2. [Tawana Brawley “rape”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawana_Brawley_rape_allegations) ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64031 "2019-01-19T15:07:23Z")
Hoaxes (with links) 1. The Piltdown Man 2. Tawana Brawley “rape” 3. [The Donation of Constantine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donation_of_Constantine) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64032 "2019-01-19T16:28:49Z")
Hoaxes (with links) 1. [The Piltdown Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piltdown_Man) 2. [Tawana Brawley “rape”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawana_Brawley_rape_allegations) 3. [The Donation of Constantine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donation_of_Constantine) 4. [Sawing Manhattan in half](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawing-off_of_Manhattan_Island) A double hoax. ---
**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 19, 2019, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64033 "2019-01-19T16:51:33Z")
[Hoaxes (with links) 1. [The Piltdown Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piltdown_Man) 2. [Tawana Brawley “rape”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawana_Brawley_rape_allegations) 3. [The Donation of Constantine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donation_of_Constantine) 4. [Sawing Manhattan in half](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawing-off_of_Manhattan_Island) 5. [Alien Autopsy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_autopsy) ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64034 "2019-01-19T17:21:52Z")
Hoaxes (with links) 1. [The Piltdown Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piltdown_Man) 2. [Tawana Brawley “rape”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawana_Brawley_rape_allegations) 3. [The Donation of Constantine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donation_of_Constantine) 4. [Sawing Manhattan in half](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawing-off_of_Manhattan_Island) 5. [Alien Autopsy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_autopsy) 6. [The Hitler Diaries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_Diaries) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64035 "2019-01-19T17:28:07Z")
Hoaxes (with links) 1. [The Piltdown Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piltdown_Man) 2. [Tawana Brawley “rape”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawana_Brawley_rape_allegations) 3. [The Donation of Constantine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donation_of_Constantine) 4. [Sawing Manhattan in half](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawing-off_of_Manhattan_Island) 5. [Alien Autopsy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_autopsy) 6. [The Hitler Diaries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_Diaries)7. [Clifford Irving’s autobiography of Howard Hughes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Irving) ---
**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 19, 2019, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64036 "2019-01-19T20:09:57Z")
Hoaxes (with links) 1. [The Piltdown Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piltdown_Man) 2. [Tawana Brawley “rape”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawana_Brawley_rape_allegations) 3. [The Donation of Constantine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donation_of_Constantine) 4. [Sawing Manhattan in half](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawing-off_of_Manhattan_Island) 5. [Alien Autopsy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_autopsy) 6. [The Hitler Diaries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_Diaries)7. [Clifford Irving’s autobiography of Howard Hughes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Irving) 7. U[ri Geller](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uri_Geller) ---
**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 19, 2019, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64037 "2019-01-19T21:14:32Z")
Hoaxes (with links) 1. [The Piltdown Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piltdown_Man) 2. [Tawana Brawley “rape”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawana_Brawley_rape_allegations) 3. [The Donation of Constantine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donation_of_Constantine) 4. [Sawing Manhattan in half](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawing-off_of_Manhattan_Island) 5. [Alien Autopsy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_autopsy) 6. [The Hitler Diaries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_Diaries)7. [Clifford Irving’s autobiography of Howard Hughes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Irving) 7. [Uri Geller](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uri_Geller) 8. [The _Dreadnought_ hoax](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreadnought_hoax) Which involved a young Virginia Woolf, of all people! ---
**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 20, 2019, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64038 "2019-01-20T01:04:17Z")
Hoaxes (with links) 1. [The Piltdown Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piltdown_Man) 2. [Tawana Brawley “rape”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawana_Brawley_rape_allegations) 3. [The Donation of Constantine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donation_of_Constantine) 4. [Sawing Manhattan in half](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawing-off_of_Manhattan_Island) 5. [Alien Autopsy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_autopsy) 6. [The Hitler Diaries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_Diaries)7. [Clifford Irving’s autobiography of Howard Hughes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Irving) 7. [Uri Geller](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uri_Geller) 8. [The _Dreadnought_ hoax](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreadnought_hoax) 9. [The Cardiff Giant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff_Giant) ---
**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 20, 2019, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64039 "2019-01-20T02:39:16Z")
Hoaxes (with links) 1. [The Piltdown Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piltdown_Man) 2. [Tawana Brawley “rape”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawana_Brawley_rape_allegations) 3. [The Donation of Constantine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donation_of_Constantine) 4. [Sawing Manhattan in half](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawing-off_of_Manhattan_Island) 5. [Alien Autopsy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_autopsy) 6. [The Hitler Diaries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_Diaries)7. [Clifford Irving’s autobiography of Howard Hughes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Irving) 7. [Uri Geller](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uri_Geller) 8. [The _Dreadnought_ hoax](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreadnought_hoax) 9. [The Cardiff Giant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff_Giant) 10. [Paul McCartney is dead](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_is_dead%22) ---
**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 20, 2019, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64040 "2019-01-20T05:33:11Z")
Hoaxes (with links) 1. [The Piltdown Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piltdown_Man) 2. [Tawana Brawley “rape”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawana_Brawley_rape_allegations) 3. [The Donation of Constantine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donation_of_Constantine) 4. [Sawing Manhattan in half](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawing-off_of_Manhattan_Island) 5. [Alien Autopsy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_autopsy) 6. [The Hitler Diaries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_Diaries)7. [Clifford Irving’s autobiography of Howard Hughes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Irving) 7. [Uri Geller](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uri_Geller) 8. [The _Dreadnought_ hoax](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreadnought_hoax) 9. [The Cardiff Giant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff_Giant) 10. [Paul McCartney is dead](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_is_dead) 11. [The Protocols of the Elders of Zion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Protocols_of_the_Elders_of_Zion) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64041 "2019-01-20T12:21:35Z")
Hoaxes (with links) 1. [The Piltdown Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piltdown_Man) 2. [Tawana Brawley “rape”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawana_Brawley_rape_allegations) 3. [The Donation of Constantine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donation_of_Constantine) 4. [Sawing Manhattan in half](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawing-off_of_Manhattan_Island) 5. [Alien Autopsy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_autopsy) 6. [The Hitler Diaries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_Diaries)7. [Clifford Irving’s autobiography of Howard Hughes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Irving) 7. [Uri Geller](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uri_Geller) 8. [The _Dreadnought_ hoax](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreadnought_hoax) 9. [The Cardiff Giant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff_Giant) 10. [Paul McCartney is dead](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_is_dead) 11. [The Protocols of the Elders of Zion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Protocols_of_the_Elders_of_Zion) 12. [Jackalope](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackalope) Next: Vacation spots you’ve visited that you’ll never go back to because it sucked. 1. Punta Cana, Dominican Republic ---
**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 20, 2019, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64042 "2019-01-20T22:40:07Z")
Vacation spots you’ve visited that you’ll never go back to because it sucked. 1. Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 2. Mogadishu, Somalia Just kidding - never been there. I honestly can’t think of a place that would fit this category. Delete my entry if you want to keep this round entirely serious. ---
**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 20, 2019, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64043 "2019-01-20T23:20:28Z")
]Vacation spots you’ve visited that you’ll never go back to because it sucked. 1. Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 2. Orlando, FL Band trip. Vacation. Same thing, all in all. ---
**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 21, 2019, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64044 "2019-01-21T10:39:52Z")
Vacation spots you’ve visited that you’ll never go back to because it sucked. 1. Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 2. Orlando, FL 3. Atlantic City, New Jersey We got an offer for a great hotel rate and thought, why not? ---
**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 21, 2019, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64045 "2019-01-21T13:24:59Z")
Vacation spots you’ve visited that you’ll never go back to because it sucked. 1. Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 2. Orlando, FL 3. Atlantic City, New Jersey 4. Niagara Falls, New York crime-ridden, run down, touristy. I’m talking about the American side. The Canadian side was simply touristy. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64046 "2019-01-21T16:13:27Z")
Vacation spots you’ve visited that you’ll never go back to because it sucked. 1. Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 2. Orlando, FL 3. Atlantic City, New Jersey 4. Niagara Falls, New York 5. Tampa, Florida More humid than pure water, and the hotel we stayed in was under-deconstruction. I caught a cold, sleeping next to a moldy air conditioner. ---
**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 21, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64047 "2019-01-21T16:40:31Z")
Vacation spots you’ve visited that you’ll never go back to because it sucked. 1. Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 2. Orlando, FL 3. Atlantic City, New Jersey 4. Niagara Falls, New York 5. Tampa, Florida 6. Washington DC To clarify, the hotel was terrible and it was super hot and humid. Seeing the sites was nice though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3201) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3203)