You can buy a print of a single image from Susan Kare's original Macintosh iconography for USD 160, and it doesn't come with any words! This edition gives you f

You can buy a print of a single image from Susan Kare's original Macintosh iconography for USD 160, and it doesn't come with any words! This edition gives you five more prints and a whole book. I think it really is a matter of this being a "collectible," or "personal treasure" rather than some kind of exercise in market economics. If the six illustrations speak to you and the presentation speaks to you and $155 is affordable for you, great. If not, no problemo, it's a niche product and you are not in the niche. The other thing you bring up—the author getting paid—is a different matter, and one that I take seriously as well.