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PARACHUTEPRICE.COM · EDITORIAL DISPATCH The Factorial Phenomenon How Kelly Clarkson's Viral Bird Went from $15,000 to $15 Million A REAL-WORLD LESSON IN SCARCITY, SUDDEN DEMAND, AND THE EXPLOSIVE POWER OF COMBINATORIAL GROWTH PROFESSOR OLIVER THE OWL PRESENTS Oliver's Corner: The Economics of Viral Scarcity In early October 2026, a mechanical singing bird named Molly — a rare automaton created by artist Bliss Kolb and displayed at Brooklyn's Art of Play curiosity shop — became one of the internet's most unexpected economic case studies. What started as a $15,000 price tag on a unique wall-mounted sculpture turned, after a viral celebrity encounter, into a listed price of $15 million . That's not a typo. It's a 1,000-fold increase in a matter of days. And it is a near-perfect illustration of how scarcity combined with sudden massive att...