Article: View from New York: A portrait of paintings as the next junk bonds

Anyone on Wall Street still looking for evidence that the bull market has hit a top need only show up at a midtown Manhattan hotel next Thursday for the official launch of "2001, a Stock Odyssey".

Even in a year when new listings such as Boston Chicken have proved wildly successful, 2001 is an unusual public offering. For one thing, its five-page prospectus is far more frank than any that routinely crosses this desk.

"The company is a start-up and has no operating history upon which investors can base their investment decision," it explains. `zBr*Jzz"bzz::zrJ*:Jz2"JRU(CC001, a Stock Odyssey is in fact a painting, and while its creator, Robert Cenedella, admits there is some conceptual art ...

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