2001 / Video / Surreal performance-art comedy
The PriceMaster
A masked yard-sale oracle turns every five-dollar bargain into a fifty-thousand-dollar proclamation: “THE PRICEMASTER HAS SPOKEN.”
The original is hosted off-site; this page provides context and a link to it.
What was this?
Ordinary shoppers find an unpriced garage sale ruled by a costumed figure who announces wildly inflated prices and refuses normal bargaining logic.
Why it spread
The original group posted the footage to its channel, and later clips and discussion gave the full cut a fresh rediscovery life.
What happened
Ordinary shoppers find an unpriced garage sale ruled by a costumed figure who announces wildly inflated prices and refuses normal bargaining logic.
Where it came from
Fast House art students staged a February 2001 Denton, Texas yard sale governed by Nathan Austin’s amplified PriceMaster character.
Why it mattered
Its payoff is a real-world commitment-to-the-bit colliding with earnest haggling—regional internet lore that feels more discovered than over-canonized.
How it spread
The original group posted the footage to its channel, and later clips and discussion gave the full cut a fresh rediscovery life.
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