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Posted By myfairlady 9 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & TechnologyLast year a single letter written by Albert Einstein changed hands for over $400,000. But could a printout of an email or an electronic file ever reach similar heights?
That's the question facing those who deal in the literary artefacts of public figures, as they struggle to work out how to do business in a world where information can be copied and distributed more easily than ever before.
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Dionys9 months, 2 weeks ago
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People will pay a lot of money for silly things.
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Personally, I'd rather buy medicine, food and shelter for a few thousand people than a letter Einstein held or wrote. But each to their own.
As for letter writing -- it's fast becoming a lost art as many turn to the less formal, more ephemeral (in a sense) email.
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