Except bids are likely inflated in price because people get caught up in the moment. Not to mention this auction isn't even the highest price for a fursuit. There was a $17 500 fursuit that is still the most expensive fursuit as far as I know. That one was from a couple years back.
Not only is this not the highest price for a fursuit but focussing on any specific suit instead of an average price per year is just to miss the point. There will always be exceptionally expensive products but you don't care about the average person's ability to buy or commission the most expensive thing, you care about the average person's ability to afford the average price of a fursuit. An article like the one above contributes nothing to that discussion.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~
Except bids are likely inflated in price because people get caught up in the moment. Not to mention this auction isn't even the highest price for a fursuit. There was a $17 500 fursuit that is still the most expensive fursuit as far as I know. That one was from a couple years back.
Not only is this not the highest price for a fursuit but focussing on any specific suit instead of an average price per year is just to miss the point. There will always be exceptionally expensive products but you don't care about the average person's ability to buy or commission the most expensive thing, you care about the average person's ability to afford the average price of a fursuit. An article like the one above contributes nothing to that discussion.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~