This is some sort of sick joke, right?

[Alex]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

Becasue sometime you are paying for a name, a connection to the actual artist, hence all the business with "certificates of authenticity." Sometime we only accept art or fashion if it is made by a specific artist/designer.

I'm not saying that this isn't or shouldn't be the case, just that it is the point where I get left behind. The person behind the art, or clothes, or architecture, or novels is almost completely irrelevant to me. When I make recommendations or suggestions on such things I almost never recommend a person but rather specific pieces.

I'm sure this also feeds into why I don't collect anything since I don't get a feeling of connection with a person through possession of objects.

If name alone makes something more valuable to you then I certainly have no problem with it, I just don't understand it. Especially with factory "artists" where the limit of their involvement was likely signing off on sketches.

But me not understanding why someone would pay $100 for a t-shirt is not the same as me condemning it. Even if in less serious moments I mock it (as I do people who watch Joey; even though I mock I don't really care).