32 million dollar for a 8cm wide porcelain cup

[Wolferz]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Yes.

And did you know why that depressive guy jumped out of the window? Because he could as well. However, that he could does not mean that he was sane.

Touche'.

Why am I leaking?

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Wolferz

Touche'.

Why am I leaking?

You forgot to replace your incintinence pad?

Becasue very few people assembled and drove the price up, while the majority just shakes the head.

Did you shake your head when a few people drove the price of gold up?
I did, but I was very very happy they did.
What about that idiot who tried to corner the silver market recently? that was funny.

Which is no contradiction at all. I always said gold became an accepted currency because people voluntarily negotiated its value on a market and came to the voluntary agreement to see its value as relatively high

What on earth makes you think it was voluntary?
Do you somehow think the diamond racket works on a voluntary basis too?
You seem to labour under the illusion that governments and institutions are unable to manipulate markets.
Funnily enough the trade for porcelain played a major role in one of the massive failures of the silver standard.
I would have thought someone who is such a fan of metal standards would be aware of the patterns it produces.
Then again if they was aware of it they wouldn't be such a massive fan would they?

P.S. You know what I would do if I would, by chance find in the garden some ancient golden gems and necklaces of archaeological interest? I would keep it secret, buy an equipment and would melt it all into nugget or bars, then sell it. Because if the gold is left in the forms they had given to it two thousand years ago, the monopolised criminal called the state claims possession of it, and must not even pay me a finder's fee.

Errrrr... if you find some ancient jewelry its yours, however if you find a buried box of jewelry that was hidden you have to sell it to the state at current market value if its original owners and their descendants cannot be traced.

I say: natural law: finders, keepers.

Don't you mean roman law, or later common law? you know the things which set the standard for finding lost things.