Patent ID: 7379898

Claim:
An electronic marketplace computer system for generating market pricing information for one or more non-fungible target items, the system comprising: a marketplace server capable of receiving a request from a market participant for market pricing information for the one or more non-fungible target items, the marketplace server comprising: a pricing engine operable to: access one or more databases associated with the marketplace server containing: historical pricing information for one or more reference items; historical pricing information for the one or more non-fungible target items; and market pricing information for the one or more reference items; determine a pricing differential for the one or more non-fungible target items, the pricing differential reflecting the historical pricing information for the one or more non-fungible target items and the one or more reference items; apply the pricing differential to the market pricing information for the one or more reference items to generate the market pricing information for the one or more non-fungible target items; and communicate the generated market pricing information for the one or more non-fungible target items to the market participant.