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Most applicable category, and how much information to provide
This is in regard to the following item number:
389100283644
Initially, I was trying to deal with Heritage Auctions, but they were dragging their feet, shuffling it around from one department to another, etc. So, I decided to list it myself here on ebay. I did what seemed to be best with the category to list it in, but I had a few people tell me that it could also fall into the category of Art, as a found object....an "objet trouve"....because of Jackson's interpretation of it and what he felt that it represented. Interestingly, even an answer from AI pattern recognition said that it has a resemblance to an American flag. (It also recognized the image of the eagle, though it stated that it was likely a petroglyph....not understanding that it is a natural part of the rock.)
Someone at The Guggenheim stated that this would be strictly a historical object, not Art. But that is completely at odds with the definition of found-object Art, which states that Nature-as-artist is a big part of the concept.
People seem to want to argue....a lot!
Then, there is the issue of how much information to include in a listing. When I sold a car on ebay, I went into great detail and left nothing out. The buyer was very happy about that, as you can see in my feedback.
But, with this, I have had a lot of people try to do the 'shout-it-down' thing. They simply can't wrap their minds around the strange chain of events that transpired. Even though there are many cases where truth is stranger than fiction. What I did not mention in the listing is that my mother's second husband happened to have the last name of Murphy....yes, "Mister Murphy" had a hand in what happened. I thought that people would want to know as complete of a history as I could possibly provide. But, at least so far, the vast majority of feedback that I have received, both on here and elsewhere, is negativity and spam. Is it deep cynicism? Jealousy? Both? What? I am quite stumped about the best way to proceed.
