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How art is valued is entirely illogical and irrational. Like - that time an entire art installation was confused with trash and thrown out. https://i-d.co/artic

• kleiba 8mo ago
  Similarly to why you can pay 7-digit prices for a watch.
  • loloquwowndueo 8mo ago
    At least that watch still tells the time.
    • SR2Z 8mo ago
      Yeah, but mechanical watches are so much worse at telling time than cheap digital watches that it's not even worth discussing.
      • loloquwowndueo 8mo ago
        Even a broken mechanical luxury watch is right twice a day. A broken digital watch with a screen is useless when it’s broken. (I’m just trolling at this point, let me know and we can stop this)
        • pas 8mo ago
          obviously digital watch needs an eink screen that shows something even when it's broken :)
          • loloquwowndueo 8mo ago
            It won’t be the time, it’ll be some scrensaver or an ad.
        • SR2Z 8mo ago
          Your watch won't tell you the time unless you drink a verification can
• anal_reactor 8mo ago
  I don't think it's illogical nor irrational. When you look at artworks below €5 000 then there should be correlation between artistic value and price in euros. Not exactly a linear function, but clear correlation. Above that you're not buying artwork - you're buying the prestige and social status of owning an expensive artwork. It's the rich people's equivalent of buying Supreme clothes just to impress the ladies.