American photographer Ahae shells out $660k for abandoned Courbefy
(NEWSER) - It's been years since anyone lived in the kinda-picturesque French village of Courbefy, but if you're a photographer, kinda-picturesque counts for a lot. Indeed, for American artist Ahae, it was worth around $663,000, the price the South Korean-born photographer agreed to pay for the place at an auction yesterday. The village consists of 21 buildings, including the ruins of a 13th-century castle, a chapel, an empty swimming pool, an overgrown tennis court, and more, according to the Guardian . More»
