Template:Did you know nominations/Eight Elvises
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The result was: promoted by Rcsprinter (constabulary) @ 22:41, 3 December 2013 (UTC)
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Eight Elvises
[edit]- ... that despite being sold for $100 million, Andy Warhol's Eight Elvises hasn't been seen in public since the 1960s and its location is currently unknown?
- Reviewed: Bar-backed Partridge (two up from this one)
5x expanded by Sven Manguard (talk). Self nominated at 16:59, 1 December 2013 (UTC).
The article is long enough, the hook is verified and interesting, the subject is notable, and expansion is 5x (almost to the character). Teemu08 (talk) 20:04, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
- The "despite" doesn't make much sense; it implies a causal relationship between selling for a high price and being seen in public. I think the following is better:
- ALT1: ... that Andy Warhol's Eight Elvises, which sold for $100 million, hasn't been seen in public since the 1960s and its location is currently unknown? MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 20:31, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
- ALT2: ... that Andy Warhol's Eight Elvises, which sold for $100 million in 2008, hasn't been seen in public since the 1960s and its location and owner are currently unknown?
- Mandarax What about ALT2? I tweaked the wording jut a tad to put the emphasis back on the mysteriousness of its status, rather than the price. Sven Manguard Wha? 22:56, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
- Sounds good to me. My tick is reiterating the one given by Teemu08; all I checked was the year, the only bit of additional information in the new hook. I added a duplicate ref to the article immediately following this information to satisfy DYK rules. (Strangely, I thought I saw this painting at a museum a few years ago; I guess it was just a similar piece.) MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 23:32, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
