[darby_nine]

> I think that's good, because it helps you realize that categorizing art by century is kind of arbitrary and meaningless

no it won't lol, people will pay just as much through the new dating system as they would through the old.

[coldtea]

People pay as much for art because they are the rare combination of educated person with money which values the aesthetics and artifacts of an era, or as something to signal their wealth to others, or as a way to launder money.