7 Apr
2005
7 Apr
'05
12:13 p.m.
On Wed, 6 Apr 2005, Jules Richardson wrote:
On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 01:12 -0500, Patrick Finnegan
wrote:
I've posted pretty lengthy essays on this subject before. Suffice it to
say, eBay is certainly *NOT* the "market value", but only one data point.
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Another example of where the Christie's
auction helped to make people
think that things are worth *way* more than they really are.
A while ago I was discussing EBay-like prices with people (for old
computer stuff). Their argument was that EBay prices reflect the true
state of the market and the true worth of classic computer items.