Interesting observation. I wonder what the political leanings of the buyer is?
I could have sworn that a Jackson Pollock was the most expensive ever recorded, but the article seems to have a number of qualifiers spread out.
Don't think it really matters, just that they're responsive to the environment. What conditions in Western society make them think this investment is going up.. Kind of a rhetorical question for people who hang out here but an interesting take on just how messed up leftist philosophy makes people.