Remember that Rufino Tamayo painting some chick found in the trash? As if you’ve been thinking about anything else. Well, it sold for $1,049,000 at Sotheby’s auction of Latin American art on Tuesday. Other works weren’t quite so popular though:

Apart from the Tamayo, the auction was a relatively staid affair, with 20 of 70 lots on offer going unsold. In all it took in $15.235 million, coming in under the pre-sale estimate of $16.5 million to $21.6 million.

The top lot was Fernando Botero’s “Le Dejeuner sur L’Herbe,” which fetched $1,329,000, missing its low estimate, which was $1.4 million.

Roberto Matta’s “Et At It,” which was expected to sell for $2.5 million to $3.5 million, failed to sell. Another Tamayo, “Bodegon con Mujer,” also failed to sell.

Which goes to show, no one gives a crap about brown people unless they’re trashy. Guffaw! Shut up.

Painting goes from trash to $1 million treasure [Yahoo! News]

Earlier: One Man’s Trash Is One Woman’s $1,000,000, Slightly Smelly Treasure