New law of artwork valuation... (Score: 1) by fadrian@pipedot.org on 2014-08-17 23:21 (#3YB) The more stupid and ugly something is, the higher price it will go for. This is not to say that there are not insightful and beautiful things that are also expensive. It is just that you can always find something worse selling for more money.<P>Is it a general rule that anywhere you see a non-monoticity in a value-price curve, there's a point of attack? Re: New law of artwork valuation... (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-08-18 06:17 (#3YJ) 45 bids is interesting. I'd love to know how many bidders there were - was it a bidding war between two people or was there serious competition among many? Re: New law of artwork valuation... (Score: 1) by renevith@pipedot.org on 2014-08-19 17:38 (#3ZE) Complete bid history is available. The usernames are obscured, but there's enough to see what you want to know:http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=221509460160&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2565Bids over $1000 were places by more than 10 different accounts! There were 15 total. Now, whether those accounts are legitimate or not is another story.
Re: New law of artwork valuation... (Score: 1) by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-08-18 06:17 (#3YJ) 45 bids is interesting. I'd love to know how many bidders there were - was it a bidding war between two people or was there serious competition among many? Re: New law of artwork valuation... (Score: 1) by renevith@pipedot.org on 2014-08-19 17:38 (#3ZE) Complete bid history is available. The usernames are obscured, but there's enough to see what you want to know:http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=221509460160&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2565Bids over $1000 were places by more than 10 different accounts! There were 15 total. Now, whether those accounts are legitimate or not is another story.
Re: New law of artwork valuation... (Score: 1) by renevith@pipedot.org on 2014-08-19 17:38 (#3ZE) Complete bid history is available. The usernames are obscured, but there's enough to see what you want to know:http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=221509460160&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2565Bids over $1000 were places by more than 10 different accounts! There were 15 total. Now, whether those accounts are legitimate or not is another story.