Origins of Cyberspace Sold
I discussed the Origins of Cyberspace Christies auction in two previous posts: The Origins of Cyberspace and The real origins of cyberspace.
Here's an update: the auction actually took place last week, with sales amounting to a little over $700,000 before auction house fees, and 133 out of 254 lots selling. Here's the MSNBC News account of the auction.
My first reaction was that this is not a triumph, considering that the pre-sale price for the entire collection was $1,300,000, and considering how many lots did not sell. But on further reflection, I think that this is a landmark auction establishing that there is a market in this area of collectibles. After all, some of the more important lots went for in the 70 thousands. Establishing this as an area of collecting with a market was probably the point of the affair for Jeremy Norman, and he is probably quite happy with the results.
Posted by Harold Davis at February 26, 2005 06:58 PM
