The World's Most Valuable Vacuum Won't Even Clean Your Home
The most my wife and I have ever paid for a vacuum cleaner is $142.99. We got it from Target. It’s a Bissell. A Bissell CleanView, to be specific, with “OnePass” technology, a turbo brush and five deep-cleaning settings. I’ve never actually used the turbo brush, but you can tell by looking at that bad-boy accessory it’s all business. Dust bunnies don’t stand a chance. Not that we have dust bunnies, mind you, because we don’t. I’m sure they Peter Cottontail-ed their way out the door when the turbo brush showed up.ADVERTISEMENTThanks for watching!Visit WebsiteThe best thing about of our Bissell, besides the sense of cleaning confidence it inspires with its powerful, multi-cyclonic system, is the price. At $142.99, it’s a bargain, especially when compared to Jeff Koons’ vacuum, which someone recently paid $4.4 million for at Sotheby’s.Now granted, $4.4 million does seem a bit pricey for a vacuum. To be fair, Koons’ vacuum is “Art.” Ours is not. Our vacuum does not make a statement about the world we live in, nor is it groundbreaking. It does not “explore the way our desires and fantasies are manifested in everyday objects” as Koons’ art claims to do.But it does have a turbo brush I’m going to use someday, and when I do – look out!Also, to be fair, Koons’ vacuum art is really three vacuums – a Shelton Wet/Dry 10 Gallon Doubledecker atop two Hoover Convertibles – hermetically sealed in acrylic and awash in fluorescent lighting. Our Bissell is in the laundry room closet, which doesn’t have a light.ADVERTISEMENTThanks for watching!Visit WebsiteADVERTISEMENTThanks for watching!Visit WebsiteADVERTISEMENTThanks for watching!Visit WebsiteJeff Koons’ vacuum art was part of the Macklowe Art Collection, a staggering 65-piece trove of masterpieces that sold during two separate auctions at Sotheby’s for a total of $922.2 million, making it