The Connoisseur’s Vault

The Pink Can That Just Sold for $1.95 Billion

If you have a daughter, a wife, or a niece between sixteen and thirty-five, there is a ninety percent chance a pink can of Poppi is sitting in your fridge...
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Beethoven’s Quiet Pebbles

The Man Who Couldn't Hear His Own Greatest Work (And Threw a Party Anyway) 5 min read Picture this: Vienna, 1824. A deaf man stands with his back to a...
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We Have a Type (And It’s Chicken Salad)🐔

Confession: when the Million Pebbles team picks a lunch spot, healthy wins. Not in a sad desk salad way. In a "we'd actually like to feel awake at the 2...
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The Connoisseur’s Vault — No. 1: Pokémon Cards 🐝

4 min read  |  Part one of our ongoing series on luxury collecting and alternative assets. "Up Next No. 2: Twin Turbo Power" 💫 There's a cardboard rectangle sitting in...
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The 1-in-50-Million Lobster: A Lobster’s Lesson on Rare Events

2 min read Somewhere off the coast of Maine, a fisherman pulled up a lobster that looked like it had a serious identity crisis. One side was the usual moody,...
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