As a car guy and collector of classic cars, the last cash for clunkers program was terrible. Imagine a similar program for, say, paintings. Most paintings are

As a car guy and collector of classic cars, the last cash for clunkers program was terrible. Imagine a similar program for, say, paintings. Most paintings are nothing special, but then you get the guy who trades in a Monet (which he doesn't know is a Monet), and an irretrievable piece of history is destroyed.