
So, imagine there's a Thing. The Thing is the only way to buy what u want. But the producer has stopped producing more Things, so now there are very limited quantities. You cant go to the producer to trade for more things. You have to go to someone else who has the Thing and is willing to sell it. Now imagine someone reaaally popular and powerful and rich showed interest in the Thing. Would anyone be selling the Thing for the same price knowing that there are probably a lot of people who will want it and that there are only limited quantities? No. You'll try to sell it for as high as you can.
That's what happened
Okay, Im actually curious to see how hell court would work