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by dbspin 1936 days ago
Except that there's a huge market for 'official' numbered prints. Often the sales of print editions by an artist can rival or exceed the value of an original painted piece. These prints are more more authentic than any other print of the same piece. Their value derived from scarcity, provenance and association with the original creator. All of these are present in an NFT.
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Can you provide an example of a print being valued more than the original painted piece?

That defies all logic unless the print isn't just a print -- e.g. it's in a million dollar gold frame or was previously owned by the Pope or something.

Parent poster means the sum of all prints. If there is 1 original and 1000 high quality prints, the prints may exceed sales of original in totality.
Oh, thanks. It can be read either way -- that way could actually be plausible in certain cases.
This is a fabrication. Original art will always be more expensive than a numbered edition.
“sales of print additions” = total sum of all print sales