The article also looks at whether those works could be potentially a better buy than those by relatively untested young artists, who after the first wave of buying and speculation, could see prices for their works slump.
"You're speculating on housing prices and included in that speculation is the cost of buying and selling, which can be substantial, " he says.
This has led to speculation that Liberty Media is buying up the rest of the Sirius shares it needs to acquire full control of the company.
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Vacant land was sold at public auction, and speculation, fraud and corruption flourished as buying and selling lots became the biggest game in town.
Japan and wild speculation about a consortium of private equity players buying the core Yahoo!
Liberty buying up the remaining shares is only speculation at this point.
And I would never recommend buying stock purely on the strength of buyout speculation alone.
Speculation is exactly the same: except for not doing the buying and selling at exactly the same time.
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Groupon Inc. (GRPN) surged to the highest price in three weeks on speculation that Google Inc. (GOOG) might consider buying the online coupon provider.
But there are lots of other storylines out there, including the announcement of CitiGroup massive layoffs, the ups and downs of the gold trade, and ongoing speculation on profit-taking for tax reasons versus performance chasing buying going into year-end.
There is speculation that the Chinese consumer will pick up the demand slack for the US and European consumers who are deleveraging and buying fewer Chinese-made goods.
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