A photo of a 4chan post sold for almost $100,000, because ‘art’

August 5, 2014 at 11:49 a.m. EDT

A framed photo of a post from the forum 4chan sold for $90,900 on eBay over the weekend.

Nope, that’s not a typo. That’s two nines and three zeroes. That’s almost twice the median annual household income in 2013.

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“Art used to be something to cherish / Now literally anything could be art / This post is art,” reads the 4chan post.

Caitlin Dewey is The Washington Post's food policy writer for Wonkblog. She previously covered digital culture and technology for The Post.

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