就如同一个小孩可能会他的父亲哀求一件物品，但这物品却不是他所需要用到的，甚至有可能他向他父亲哀求的原因，是因为他的朋友都拥有这物品，所以他也想要有这件物品。

Just like a child asking his father for something not because he needs it, the reason why the child asks for it may be because he saw his friends having it, and that is why he wants it too.

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但另外一些购买者对名人曾染指的物品患上了某种所谓的传染症：某种潜在的想法让他们觉得这东西还存留着前度主人的某种身体痕迹精华。

But other purchasers of objects touched by a famous person are swayed by so-called contagion: the implicit belief that the thing retains some essence or physical trace of the former owner.

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即使那物品不是很值钱，但关于这物品是如何物体或如何被发现通常多是有吸引力的故事。

Even if it's not worth a lot, there's usually a compelling tale about how the object was made or how it was found.

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