On 9/12/2024 9:01 PM, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote:
  I wonder if anyone has done a study of high-profile
auction sale prices vs
 apples to apples contemporary sales prices (ebay, etc) of the same item.
 Paul Allen's [item name] will always sell for more that Joe Schmo's [item
 name].  Buyer can forever say this was Paul Allen's [item name].  The
 providence 
How do you prove it?  Kinda like Babe Ruth baseballs.
bill