Encarded -- Official Thread

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My local boutique furniture maker friend could reproduce that engraved slip case in Pic 1 for less than $50US - just saying

And? When you purchase art (which these clearly are meant to be) it's far more than the pure material cost you are purchasing.

I am talking about nothing more than the slipcase - are we calling that slipcase art? Having a laser reproduce that pattern on wood. Coming up with some patterns is undoubtedly great art. The And? For me is that in this case even with deck included this is not $900 of art.

Well there was a guy who taped a banana to a wall and called it art. It sold for $120,000: https://www.gq.com/story/suddenly-the-k ... 00k-banana

I do think that art is what you make of it and what you are willing pay. I wouldn't pay it personally.