Fred Derf Veteran Posted May 1, 2005 Veteran Share Posted May 1, 2005 Rock, Paper, Payoff: Child's Play Wins Auction House an Art Sale By CAROL VOGEL Published: April 29, 2005 ... Takashi Hashiyama, president of Maspro Denkoh Corporation, an electronics company based outside of Nagoya, Japan, could not decide whether Christie's or Sotheby's should sell the company's art collection, which is worth more than $20 million, at next week's auctions in New York. ... In Japan, resorting to such games of chance is not unusual. "I sometimes use such methods when I cannot make a decision," Mr. Hashiyama said in a telephone interview. "As both companies were equally good and I just could not choose one, I asked them to please decide between themselves and suggested to use such methods as rock, paper, scissors." ... http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/29/arts/design/29scis.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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