The $12 Million Stuffed Shark

by Thompson, Don

Don Thompson is a professor and economist and holder of the Nabisco Brands Chair Emeritus at the Schulich School of Business at York University. He specializes in marketing, economic regulation, and strategic planning. He has taught at Harvard University, the London School of Economics, and the University of Toronto. He is the author or co-author of nine books and 75 published articles.

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Doubleday of Canada, 2008. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Many of us would probably never pay $140 million dollars for a drip painting called No. 5, but someone did. Perhaps because it was Jackson Pollock; but still, $12 million for a decaying stuffed shark? Once again, these examples aren't even the tip of the art-world iceberg. In 'The $12 Stuffed Shark'… Read more about this item
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