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# Bids for George Zimmerman Painting Near $100,000 on eBay
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/bids-for-george-zimmerman-painting-near-100000-on-ebay/
- Published: 2013-12-17T19:16:38.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:17:36.000Z
- Description: George Zimmerman is on a roll. First he gets acquitted of murder; then he gets away with domestic violence; then he gets his guns back (all five of them); and now bids for a painting he made are up to $99,966 on eBay. Is there anything this man can't do?!
- Author: Jillian Steinhauer
- Tags: Opinion, eBay, George Zimmerman, WTF, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 06:59 (2012, 2013, part 2)

![George Zimmerman's untitled painting for sale on eBay (via ebay.com)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2013/12/zimmerman-ebay.jpg)

George Zimmerman’s untitled painting for sale on eBay (via ebay.com)

George Zimmerman is on a roll. First he [gets acquitted of murder](http://abcnews.go.com/US/george-zimmerman-found-guilty-free/story?id=19653300&ref=hyperallergic.com); then he [gets away with](http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-zimmerman-no-charges-20131211,0,4594518.story?ref=hyperallergic.com#axzz2nl4YzUNw) domestic violence; then he [gets his guns back](http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/12/11/3052561/george-zimmerman-guns/?ref=hyperallergic.com) (all five of them); and now bids for a painting he made are [up to $99,966 on eBay](http://www.ebay.com/itm/George-Zimmerman-original-painting-/111239922810?pt=Art%5FPaintings&hash=item19e66a847a&ref=hyperallergic.com#shpCntId). Is there anything this man *can’t* do?!

Yesterday, when Gawker [wrote](http://gawker.com/george-zimmerman-is-selling-insanely-ironic-artwork-on-1484456641?ref=hyperallergic.com) about the artwork, which had been floating around the web at the time, the offers were a whopping $212.50, which didn’t sound particularly noteworthy. But in the less-than-24-hours since then, there seems to have been a veritable bidding war, as someone is now offering nearly $100,000 — *and there are still three days left.* I shudder to think how high this will go.

The latex-paint-on-canvas work shows a waving American flag — [à la Shutterstock](https://twitter.com/raven%5Frainfall/status/412803569507516416?ref=hyperallergic.com) — in muted blue tones. “GOD” is written in a stripe at the top, and *under* it, the words “ONE NATION” — get it?! Then, below that, “with LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.” I think we can safely say this is least inspired/least self-aware/most unoriginal/most horribly ironic painting in history.

Zimmerman, it seems, is taking a page from the [George W. Bush](http://hyperallergic.com/tag/george-w-bush/) playbook — turn negative media attention positive with *art*! There is a small silver lining here, though: in his description of the piece, Zimmerman writes:

> Everyone has been asking what I have been doing with myself. I found a creative, way to express myself, my emotions and the symbols that represent my experiences. My art work allows me to reflect, providing a therapeutic outlet and allows me to remain indoors :-)

At least if he stays indoors, theoretically, fewer people will get hurt.

*h/t* [*NY Mag*](http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/12/george-zimmerman-painting-100000-ebay.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)