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Art created by gorillas for sale
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If you have a jungle-themed kid's room or a gorilla lover in your house, there are some auctions on Ebay that might have you swinging from the trees.
Three paintings by Okie, a western lowland gorilla housed in Boston's Franklin Park Zoo, created as part of a program to keep the gorillas intellectually stimulated, are available to the highest bidder until this Saturday.
Okie's artwork has proven popular in the past, a painting at a fundraiser earlier this summer sold for $10,000 and it has been featured in the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, and The O'Reilly Factor.
Bidding for each current piece starts at $1,500 with all proceeds going to the zoo. That's a little steep for a finger painting, but having been created by giant hairy fingers makes it a great conversation piece and a unique Christmas gift for the person who has everything.
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Jenny 9-11-2007 @ 3:51PM
Como Zoo in St. Paul has sold art by an orangutan, Amanda, and per this article the Phoenix Zoo has sold an elephant's art, and dolphin art has also been sold. http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/monkeywire/2001-February/000056.html
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Amanda 9-11-2007 @ 11:01PM
wow, my kid pooed all over the toilet in her bathroom and then proceeded to accidentally finger paint it on the wall, can I sell that on e-bay :/
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