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by shitgoose 9y ago
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/16/leonardo-da-vincis-salvator-mundi-sells-450-million-342-million/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/16/leonardo-da-vinci...
this counts as many many homes, and no one seems to flinch.
we don't know who bought 5,000 guilder tulip, but we can assume that he could afford it.
_Is this evidence of absence, or absence of evidence?_
author spent a long time in archives studying this particular subject. this is evidence of absence.
in any case, even at inflated prices, buyers were getting something they could touch. what buyers of $1,450 Amazon share are getting - is totally unclear. no voting rights, no dividends, nothing. one helluva value.