Christmas Extravaganza! The most expensive drawing of a seven-legged spider you'll see today

Ok, I didn't think of anything Christmas related to put up today. But the extravaganza will continue under any circumstances!

This story is a little old, but is entertaining nontheless. Just roll with it, alright?

For your entertainment, I present to you a drawing of spider from one Mr. David Thorne, a revolutionary and pioneer. Mr. Thorne, as I understand was set to make payment to a certain company (the details of which I'm keeping obscured for both laziiness-related and privavy-related reasons) and, instead of simply abstaning from sending a payment, sent in his drawing of a spider, which he valued at $233.95.

Unfortunately, Mr. Thorne's drawing was rejected and, after a long exchange, the issue was settled through some other means (of which I will not mention for the reasons I said earlier).

The story, however, does not end there. The famed picture was put up for bid on eBay for the amount of $233.95. Surprsisingly, the picture was bid on and sold. Even more surprising was that the winning bid was $10,000. Yeah, I don't get it either.

Anyway, here's the original exchange with Mr. Thorne and the representative of the company to which he owed money. http://www.27bslash6.com/overdue.html

Of course, with the wonders of the Interwezbz, I put it right here also.

Note: And of course, the internet hates me and part of the conversation is cut-off. Just go to the link if you still want to read it, it was too long to put on here anyways.

-Nick O'Malley