Even a monkey can sell on eBay

by Chris Dawson

This post was written in February 2008; specific information contained within it may be out of date.

They say if you sat a monkey down at a typewriter eventually it would produce the entire works of Shakespeare. That might be wishful thinking but an orangutan has just made over $1300 for two paintings on eBay.

Orangutan PaintingsWoodland Park Zoo’s 39 year old male orangutan named Towan produced two pieces of artwork one in red, one orange and the funds raised will go towards an international zookeepers conference next year at the zoo in Seattle.

The Seattle Times reports Carolyn Austin, an orangutan zookeeper, saying “Towan will work for two hours on one piece; she offers him colored chalk and paint-filled pens and he’ll choose the colors he wants. Towan likes primary colors.”

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Author: Chris Dawson
Posted at: Friday, February 8th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
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2 Responses to “Even a monkey can sell on eBay”

  1. Josordoni on February 9th, 2008 10:51 am

    I think they are quite good…

    certainly better than some of the stuff in Tate Modern… :!:

  2. Biggles on February 9th, 2008 12:02 pm

    I like the orange one. :grin:

    Anyway, a nice few quid for some tea and iced buns at the conference.

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