[78-L] Auction Sticker Shock

[Julian Vein]

Taylor Bowie wrote:
> For once I'm curious about who the bidders are and where they live...is 
> there still a big demand in Japan for this kind of stuff..at what seem to me 
> to be high prices?
> 
> But high prices today can look pretty good tomorrow.  I recall trying to buy 
> a first edition of The Great Gatsby in a dust jacket back in 1977 for $1600, 
> wondering if that was "too much money."  I missed it...and a few years ago 
> that same nice copy sold for $125,000.  I'm not saying records have or will 
> appreciate like that (so Mr.  Barr don't jump on me) but you never know what 
> the future will bring for such things.
> 
> 
> Taylor
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I imagine if you spread enough hype about the value of anything, you're 
going to raise the market price.

      Julian Vein


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