Umqoqi wezobuciko uphihlize ngephutha isifanekiso “senja yebhaluni” sikaJeff Koons, esibiza u-$42,000, emcimbini wezobuciko eMiami ngoLwesine.

"Ngashaqeka ngokusobala futhi ngidabukile ngakho," uCédric Boero, obephethe idokodo ebelikhombisa isithombe esibaziwe, utshele i-NPR. Kodwa kusobala ukuthi le ntokazi yayinamahloni kakhulu futhi yayingazi ukuthi ixolise kanjani.

Isithombe esibhidliziwe sasibukiswe edokodweni likaI-Bel-Air Fine Art, lapho u-Boero engumphathi wesifunda, emcimbini wokubuka kuqala okukhethekile we-Art Wynwood, umbukiso wezobuciko wesimanje. Ngeminye yezithombe ezibaziwe zezinja zamabhaluni zika-Koons, ezinezithombe ezibaziwe zezilwane ezingamabhaluni ezibonakala ngokushesha emhlabeni wonke. Eminyakeni emine edlule, u-Koons waqopha irekhodi lomsebenzi obiza kakhuluethengiswa endalini yiciko eliphilayo: umfanekiso onogwaja owathengiswa ngezigidi ezingu-91.1 zamaRandi. Ngo-2013, esinye isifanekiso senja yebhaluni sika-Koonsithengiswe ngamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-58.4.

Lo mfanekiso ophukile, ngokusho kukaBoero, wawulinganiselwa ku-$24,000 ngonyaka odlule. Kodwa intengo yawo yakhuphuka njengoba ezinye iziphindaphindo zomfanekiso wezinja zebhaluni zithengiswa.

UBoero uthe umqoqi wezobuciko wawisa isithombe esibaziwe, sawela phansi. Umsindo wesithombe esibhidliziwe wamisa ngokushesha yonke ingxoxo esikhaleni, njengoba wonke umuntu ephenduka ebheka.

"Kwaphahlazeka kwaba yizicucu eziyinkulungwane," umculi obekhona emcimbini, uStephen Gamson, wabhala ku-Instagram, kanye namavidiyo alandelayo. "Enye yezinto ezihlanya kakhulu engake ngazibona."

Eposini lakhe, uGamson uthe wahluleka wazama ukuthenga okwakusele kulo mfanekiso. Yena kamuvautshele iMiami Herald ukuthi le ndaba yengeza ukubaluleka komfanekiso ophukile.

Ngenhlanhla, umfanekiso obizayo umbozwe umshwalense.

“Kuphukile, ngakho akuseneme ngalokho,” kusho uBoero. “Kodwa-ke, siyiqembu elidumile lamagalari angama-35 emhlabeni wonke, ngakho-ke sinenqubomgomo yomshwalense. Sizobhekana nalokho.”