A statue of Donald Trump, titled “The Emperor Has No Balls”, could be worth thousands of dollars more than an image of Hillary Clinton titled, “Hillary Clinton Cojones”.
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That’s a promise from Joshua Monroe, aka “Ginger”, the Las Vegas artist behind the life-size, nude statues of the Republican presidential nominee that took the world by storm in August.
“It was showing him in a little different light than what everybody is used to seeing him in”, Monroe said.
The statue will be on display at Julien’s Auctions Westside gallery, Los Angeles between October 17 and 22, 2016.
The art depicting Trump’s rival and Democratic nominee Clinton may go for a little less. This is one of five such statues created by Anarchist collective INDECLINE across five US cities. The auction house says it is selling the only remaining version of the statue.
The statues of Trump that were displayed in public places in various US cities were damaged or destroyed, except for the one in Los Angeles – which is the one being auctioned.
“It seems there’s a lot of people who want their hands on Trump”, she said.
Owning this majestic piece of history won’t come cheap, however. “It’s like the ultimate piece of memorabilia, so to speak”. A portion of the auction proceeds will benefit the National Immigration Forum, an immigration policy organization. None will go to Monroe.
Trump’s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment from CNBC. “But he, in my opinion, he’s just a glorified millionaire / reality TV show actor”, he said.
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Monroe explains why he chose to portray the Republican presidential nominee the way he did: Naked, flabby, with the not-so-subtle suggestion that he had small manly parts.
