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I'm part of the richest 1% of the planet and though from a strictly monetary point of view I could afford a $20k art print it's far out of what I'd consider rea

• programmer_dude 12y ago
  >I'm part of the richest 1% of the planet Who isn't?
• elorant 12y ago
  Well I’m not in the richest 1%, far from it, but I own a numbered reprint of a Murakami (bought for about €3k). I didn’t buy it as an investment, thus reasoning has little to do with it. I bought it because the original costs north of a million and I couldn’t afford it. And since posters and such aren’t produced for contemporary painters, at least not in the quality of a lithography, I chose to buy a numbered reprint. And I love it every time I see it. Art has nothing to do with value scale. It’s all about falling in love with a piece. Sure, a guy who pays $70M for a Rothko does it as an investment and possibly to show off, but to most people art is about gut feeling. I had the good fortune to meet people who sold their art through the November auctions. They described the process as a heartbreaking one. Parting with a masterpiece, regardless of the money, is always a hard choice. So no, art may costs a lot but it’s not just about the money. By the way, I wouldn’t buy a $20k reprint either. I could find much more interesting original works at this price range. There’s a lot of art out there and Internet has worked miracles bringing it to the surface.