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# How to Buy an Old Master for $3
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/buy-an-old-master-for-3-dollars/
- Published: 2011-03-09T15:59:50.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T15:48:57.000Z
- Description: Zakka in DUMBO has an assortment of art-related books, materials and other fun things related to J-pop, but I was after the art in the gumball machines at the back of the store. For $3 you get an Old Master … talk about sweet
- Author: Hrag Vartanian
- Tags: Opinion, #image-position-hidden, DUMBO, Impressionism, J-pop, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-17 09:23 (2009-2011)

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[Zakka](http://www.zakkacorp.com/home.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) (127 Plymouth St.) in DUMBO has an assortment of art-related books, materials and other fun things related to J-pop, but I was after the art in the gumball machines at the back of the store.

For $3 you get a token from the cashier to use on these machines, and I knew exactly what I was after — the machine with the mini-version of famous paintings at the Musée d’Orsay. It’s always great to buy art, no matter what size.

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