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Not just paintings but any art really. You could likely expand that to anything creative. Someone could make a frame by frame reproduction of a Kubrick film, o
by helipad 6y ago
Not just paintings but any art really. You could likely expand that to anything creative.
Someone could make a frame by frame reproduction of a Kubrick film, or cover a Bowie song as faithfully to the original as possible. There is some value in the execution, the talent needed to pull it off. There's so much more value in the idea, the situation that led to its development, the blood, sweat and tears.
It just so happens that in fine art there is scarcity and that drives the price up.
- mhb 6y agoNot just art. For example, hundred dollar bills.
- nicholaides 6y agoThe difference here is that these paintings were "previously unknown paintings by well-known artists", so, it's not like a frame-by-frame reproduction or a cover song at all. It's more like a newly discovered but fraudulent Bowie album.
- rimliu 6y agoAnything, really, not necesarrily even creative. Imagine I gave your a piece of paper with my signature. How much would you get for it on ebay? No imagine, if on that piece of paper were signature of say, Stephen Hawking from 1960-ies instead. The amount of creativity would be the same, the price…