Re: "The works of art, by being publicly exhibited and offered for sale, are becoming articles of trade, following as such the unreasoning laws of markets and fashion; and public and even private patronage is swayed by their tyrannical influence."

[joseph berg]

On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 11:08 AM, William Conger <w-con...@sbcglobal.net>wrote:

> One dealer once told me that he couldn't afford to put low priced prints on
> his galley walls because those walls had to
> earn him so much a month to cover his costs.


Doesn't that indicate that capitalism raises the stakes by having the
high-ticket items eventually push out the low-t. i.?