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by charonn0 4879 days ago
The value of artwork (or other non-utilitarian object) is very much subjective. Human value judgements can become absurdly skewed (e.g. [1]) by our interpretation of an object as a status symbol, which can lead us to value in the extreme otherwise useless objects.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania