{"id":1921,"date":"2021-04-08T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/?p=1921"},"modified":"2026-07-15T12:51:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T16:51:04","slug":"the-12-million-stuffed-shark-the-curious-economics-of-contemporary-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kylehemingway.com\/ephemera\/the-12-million-stuffed-shark-the-curious-economics-of-contemporary-art\/","title":{"rendered":"The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cWhat do you hope to acquire when you bid at a prestigious evening auction at Sotheby\u2019s? A bundle of things: a painting of course, but hopefully also a new dimension to how people see you. As Robert Lacey described it in his book about Sotheby\u2019s, you are bidding for class, for a validation of your taste.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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