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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 592425, member: 25&quot;]Most of the &#039;value&#039; of designer goods lies in the mind of the buyer, it is hype and puffery, snobbery and ignorance, not rationality. Regardless of the authenticity of the piece, if the buyer doubts it, the value is not there. Faith is more important than facts.</p><p>There have been genuinely innovative and important designers such as Christopher Dresser,Omar Ramsden, etc. Some deserve their reputation and prices, but mass produced modern stuff seems to be made of the same material as the Emperor&#039;s new clothes, and secondhand buyers not infected with brand magic pay for the actual item, not the huge marketing and publicity costs that inflated the original price. £30 sould about right for used retail, the new retail price has a huge element of &#039;We saw you coming&#039; about it.</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]uVvcD4Czx4Y[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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