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How much of the price can be attributed to "Steve Jobs coveted after this lamp"? Obviously celebrity endorsements is nothing new, but "coveting" seems new to m
by netsharc 11mo ago
How much of the price can be attributed to "Steve Jobs coveted after this lamp"?
Obviously celebrity endorsements is nothing new, but "coveting" seems new to me. Imagine if it's Trump, Musk or your favorite dickhead celebrity coveting after the object, would you say "eww" or would you pay more to say "I own something that dickhead covets."?
- ortusdux 11mo agoWhen your customer pool is 'people with $4m to spend on a lamp', the fact that a very wealthy person considered it valuable probably holds some sway.
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- schmookeeg 10mo agoI would think there is some >0 value, if only to find the coveting person and destroy the object in front of them. People with 4MM lamp money have grand scope for their spitefulness :)
- IAmBroom 10mo agoGonna be hard for Jobs' haters to do that...
- pengaru 10mo agoWhat's particularly noteworthy of Jobs owning something like this is he was famous for not really having many possessions. His Woodside mansion was supposedly largely empty... the photo of him in TFA corroborates it; note the sparseness of the room he's sitting next to the lamp in. I'm not particularly fond of Jobs but I do think it's always interesting to see what folks who have few material possessions choose to keep around, especially those who could afford anything they might want.