Unfortunately most collector's collect so the can say the have the only one or I have the cool one. I would say thats the norm actually in the collections world. True collectors are much less common.
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From: Dan Mitchell <
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Date: 09/01/2013 6:54 AM (GMT-08:00)
To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students <
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Subject: Re: PHOTOFORUM digest 6327/art collecting
Revolting people - knowing the price of everything, and the value of nothing.
Dan Mitchell
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> From: Jan Faul <jan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: ART INSTA-COLLECTORS: BUYING BIG NAMES THEY DON�T EVEN LOVE
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> RISE OF THE ART INSTA-COLLECTORS: BUYING BIG NAMES THEY DON�T EVEN LOVE
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> By Richard Kirshenbaum
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> 8/21
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> I was brought up to view art as inspiration, not a commodity to be traded like natural gas --------
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> A few days later I was having breakfast with a good friend in his Madison Avenue aerie, where the morning sun illuminated the Greco Roman sculptures, Renaissance paintings, Georgian silver and mid-century Modern furniture.
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> �When I go to Art Basel, I don�t see art collecting as much as I see competitive spending,� he said. �I see the same people who 30 years ago were at Studio 54 who are still behind the velvet rope. Only now it�s Art Basel and the entrance fee to an A List party is $100,000 for a starter piece,� he said offering me a serving dish of gravlax on toast points --
