Goethe's Second‐Price Auction
研究1797年歌德通过第二价格拍卖出售手稿的动机，结合18世纪末图书市场背景，并与现代拍卖理论相联系。
In 1797 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe sold a manuscript through a second‐price auction. We investigate Goethe's motivation in the context of the late eighteenth century's book market and relate it to modern auction theory.