Attn: Art Editors and Art Critics: At a Multimillion dollar Art Auction, does the Second-place Bidder breathe a Sigh of Relief or a Sigh of Regret?
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SAN MATEO, Calif. - Californer -- The painting is by Robert Barrows of San Mateo, California. In addition to doing painting and sculpture, Barrows is also the President of an advertising agency called R.M. Barrows Advertising and Public Relations.

Barrows is also a writer, a poet, a songwriter and an inventor. His invention is a video tombstone called "The Video Enhanced Gravemarker" (U.S. Patent #7,089,495).

He also wrote a book based on stories told through video tombstones. The book is called "Cemetery of Lies."

You can see more about his advertising agency, his art and the video tombstone at www.barrows.com

Barrows has also done several other paintings about art prices, art auctions and the art market in general.

Some of those paintings are paintings of the questions and statements as follows:

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1) A painting about art prices asks the question: "If this painting becomes worth hundreds of Millions after I die, how much can I get for it NOW?"

2) Another painting is a painting of the statement: "Some art sells for millions, Some art won't even sell at a Garage Sale…"

3) Another painting is a painting of the lament "I've got those Starving Artist Blues."

4) And, a painting about art auctions and price guarantors asks the question "How much do you think the Price Guarantor(s) guaranteed on this painting?"

You can see some of his poetry in a book he wrote called "Crazy Robert's Poems and Potential Song Lyrics." You can download it for a dollar on Amazon.

Barrows also wrote a book of jokes called "Crazy Robert's Joke Book" that you can also download for a dollar on Amazon.

You can hear free clips of two songs he co-wrote called "Big Bucks" and "Run For Office" at www.barrows.com/music.html and you can download the songs for 99 cents each on iTunes.

He also developed some very effective marketing math that can help all kinds of businesses make a lot more money.

The math is called "The Barrows Popularity Factor." You can download a book called "The Barrows Popularity Factor" for  $4.95 on a website called Authorhouse.

For more information, contact Robert Barrows at R.M. Barrows, Inc. Advertising & Public Relations at 1-650-344-4405, www.barrows.com