This celebrity goo was created by player Steve West.
Scott Hardie replaced the category and difficulty, made minor changes to the clue, and made minor changes to the explanation provided by Steve.

publication date: Monday, June 12, 2017 (part of Summer 2017)

category: Controversy

clue: Is art worth $5.00 or $50,000,000.00?

explanation: Teri Horton purchased a painting at a thrift store for $5.00 to have it authenticated as an original Jackson Pollock, and began trying to sell it for $50,000,000.00. Although the authentication was based on Pollock's fingerprints, it has since come into question. more…

intended difficulty: hard

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Justin Woods, Joanna Woods, and Jesse King


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