Ralph Mowery writes:
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Just as some are willing to pay lots of money for old coins and stamps.
Just the collector value that some place on them. Probably one of the
biggest 'fools' I know of was that there is a canceled postage stamp
that is reported to be about the only one in the world and it auctioned
off for over a million bucks. A totally worthless square inch of paper.

Are you sure that you're not confused about a fictional scene in
_Brewster's Millions_?

Who are you to judge someone elses purchase?