Hard Asset mid year check in

 

THough it seems tha gold has languished a bit thorugh the beginning of 2023, as rates have tightened and the dollar has strengthened, there has been no fallout  into the Hard Asset Market which - at the high end - continues to soar.  Here is are a few examples from the last year of popular investments for those who wish to invests in things that exist in the physical world:

A Mickey Mantle game worn jersey sold for $615,000

A MIchael Jordan signed basketball card with a bit of his jersey sold for 1,444,000 dollars

A coroantion medallion of Joseph I of 100 dukats sold for $360,000

A Panticapaeon gold stater from 350 BC sold for over 6 million dollars in a NAC auction.

KUrt Cobain's smashed signed fender sold for $600,000

A hat wornd by Napoleon at the battle fo Jenna sold for $1,200,000

 René Magritte's L'Empire des lumières ($42.3 million).May 23, 2023