> Like, in what way is Number 17a worth 200 million? That's not a fair question to ask an art critic. I mean, if you asked me why it's worth forty of your min

> Like, in what way is Number 17a worth 200 million? That's not a fair question to ask an art critic. I mean, if you asked me why it's worth forty of your minutes to listen to Gyo:rgy Ligeti's Violin Concerto, I'd take a shot at it. But if Ligeti's music happened to be tied to an international black market such that his scores were being bought and sold for a quarter of a billion dollars what could I possibly say?