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Dec 14, 2021Liked by Jason Steinhauer

Great write up!

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Thanks for the reply. It occurs to me there are also interesting questions here about value. What was it about this item sold in this context which gave it value to DAO participants? Are those factors contributing to value transferable to other items or services offered by or associated with historical items and/or the institutions that steward them? I wonder if this auction somehow tapped into a latent, but common human interest in the "past" as a primary contributor to value, or if the opportunity to beat out the billionaires at their own game drove up the price? It all raises some interesting questions about the history marketplace that we need to understand better.

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Very interesting piece Jason. I wonder how this approach might provide capital for museums or history initiatives as you suggest at the end? Or will the ownership and governance challenges prove too counter cultural for both the capitalists and the humanists?

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