A nice note by Tom Tomorrow on some snarky reportage by the New York Times regarding the theft of a an Amazing Spiderman #1, priced at $6,500. Quoth the Times:
And for the more literary-minded, it also undoubtedly raised the serious question of just how much any book could be worth when its message is conveyed through word balloons.
Tom opines:
And this, of course, is in a paper whose real estate section manages to report that shoebox-sized condominiums are now selling for half a million dollars without editorializing, and whose Style section treats the price of designer shoes and handbags with similar matter-of-factness.
(Via BoingBoing)
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