Restaurant buys Colbert portrait
From the Associated Press
A chain of barbecue restaurants paid $50,605 for a portrait of comedian Stephen Colbert, which “The Colbert Report” sold on EBay, with the money going to charity.
The painting hung above the fireplace on the set of the Comedy Central show and depicts a debonair Colbert standing in front of a similar portrait of himself. Colbert announced the winner on Tuesday’s show.
“We don’t know much about art, but figured any time you can get two portraits for the price of one, then it must be a great deal,” said Chad Walldorf, one of the owners of the Sticky Fingers restaurants.