Thoughts on the Nature of Value

The concept of value in modern art becomes more tangible when you consider the current stir about the 32 Jackson Pollock paintings discovered in a storage locker a few years ago. Now, “Jack the Dripper” is famous for creating paint splatters. Every parent with a kid in elementary school knows that, because in first grade,…

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“I remember the day I met Michael Masterson …”

I remember the day I met Michael Masterson for the first time. I was a young, rambunctious editor at the Taipan Research Department, not quite thirty. During my tenure, I had faced down a number of superiors, publishers, and consultants who had intended to meddle with what I considered “my business” … the development of…

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