More brothers

Having thought about the Barclay Brothers (aka Twins) earlier this morning, I then moved to the US and onto the Hunt Brothers and the Koch Brothers, with these brothers' money turning out to come from oil rather than from property.

The once-rich Hunts were famous for attempting to corner the market in silver, getting on for forty years ago now, a speculation which went badly wrong.

While the still-rich Kochs are famous for their contributions to various right wing (aka libertarian) causes.

I then started to wonder about the collapse of the photographic film business with the advent of digital photography, and what that might do to the price of silver. The answer seems to be not much, with Bing revealing that both supply and demand are thriving, as are the possibilities for getting one fingers burnt in speculation. All of which are illustrated in the snap left. With a bit of gold included by way of comparison.