BOOM: Facebook skyrockets on SharesPost, $94 bn! [CHART]

Well, it looks like private investors aren't deterred by the prospect of an imminent Facebook IPO. As expected, a SharesPost auction in the white-hot social media company closed yesterday, right after the Facebook IPO filing was revealed to the public. The results of this auction are astounding.

Facebook surged to $40 a share, in an auction in which 100,000 shares traded hands. There were signs this was going to be big, as the stock reached $35.50 a share in SharesPost trading on January 30, 2012. The fact that the auction closed so high is mind-blowing. The result is a valuation of roughly $94 bn, just under the high end of Facebook's rumored IPO valuation range ($75 bn to $100 bn). Also, this is far higher than the $35 price reached in SharesPost trading on July 19, 2007 – after which it dipped.

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