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<p>[QUOTE="bosko69, post: 7591912, member: 16283"]I studied art history in college and was a commercial artist for 35 years-so developed a pretty good eye.That doesn't mean I'll like a lot the of trendy new art that the new rich in West Palm collect,a lot of it to me sucks but can still be worth some big bucks !</p><p> I've looked at so much of the old masters up to the 1970'a museum stuff-that much of the new work that has merit might fly right over my head.The current great collectors are like chess players-always thinking 10 steps ahead of the current market-buying for the future.Of course it helps to have an 10-100 million investment fund when you're buying on future spec.There are artists now currently selling for $500-$1000 per piece who'll easily be worth 10 to 20 times to who knows more than that in 5-10 years,I just can't guess who they'd be.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bosko69, post: 7591912, member: 16283"]I studied art history in college and was a commercial artist for 35 years-so developed a pretty good eye.That doesn't mean I'll like a lot the of trendy new art that the new rich in West Palm collect,a lot of it to me sucks but can still be worth some big bucks ! I've looked at so much of the old masters up to the 1970'a museum stuff-that much of the new work that has merit might fly right over my head.The current great collectors are like chess players-always thinking 10 steps ahead of the current market-buying for the future.Of course it helps to have an 10-100 million investment fund when you're buying on future spec.There are artists now currently selling for $500-$1000 per piece who'll easily be worth 10 to 20 times to who knows more than that in 5-10 years,I just can't guess who they'd be.[/QUOTE]
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