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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;all_fakes, post: 133528, member: 55&quot;]I don&#039;t think anyone is going to change their views based on anything I say, but I do have some thoughts:</p><p><br /></p><p>1) In both the world of art, and in the collecting of antiques, objects have a value that is not defined by how difficult or time-consuming they were to make, but on a number of factors, which tend to change over time, including a) rarity and b) popularity and therefore c) what bidders are willing to pay at auction.</p><p><br /></p><p>2) The views of any individual, that is, what they find attractive, may be wildly different that the value found in 1) above.&nbsp;&nbsp; It is quite common for items, defined as valuable because they sell at auction for lots of money, to be unappealing to some people.&nbsp; I may not find the Mona Lisa interesting or attractive; it is still a very valuable painting.&nbsp; A painting does not become worthless just because a particular individual doesn&#039;t like it.&nbsp; But it may become worthless if nobody likes it.</p><p><br /></p><p>3) There are numerous examples of both 1) and 2); in another thread was a video about how an old blanket sold for 1.5 million dollars; a lot of people might say it was not worth that. One bidder thought it was; an unknown number of other bidders thought it was worth at least 1.4 million.&nbsp;&nbsp; There were probably folks who would not have paid $5 for it if they saw it at Goodwill.</p><p><br /></p><p>4) I offer no opinion as to the validity of the points above, but I do believe that is how &quot;value&quot; works; and I do have my own opinions as to what I personally find valuable.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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