A Self-Portrait of a Celebrated Photographer Sold at a Christie's

question 257

Multiple Choice

A self-portrait of a celebrated photographer sold at a Christie's auction for about $4 million dollars. According to Christie's, this was the highest price ever received for a photograph in the history of the auction business. As a student of marketing, you would classify this photo and other rare items sold through Christie's as

• A) unsought for goods.
• B) specialty goods.
• C) intangible goods.
• D) shopping goods.

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Definitions:

Price Rise

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