Re: "The show also sought to roll back the commercialization and gentrification of graffiti. This is an age when street artists like JR and Britain's Banksy have global recognition and collectors are pouring in money."

[joseph berg]

On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 2:35 AM, Saul Ostrow <sost...@cia.edu> wrote:

> Actually its the opposite  - more and more people speculate in the hopes of
> buying cheap and selling dear - in the 80s this manifested itself in people
> buying work from graduate students about to graduate
>

But hasn't art collecting become like coin collecting? (see recent article
below):

- Long <http://long/> ago, almost all collectors did so for the love of the
hobby. They werent really that interested in how much money a coin was
worth, but more in achieving completion of a set or the thrill of the hunt.
Sadly, nowadays, it seems like everyone, including the younger dealers, are
only interested in how much money a coin is worth. Although good for
reassurance, certified coins have taken away a lot of the need for coin
knowledge. Today, coins are mostly used as an investment vehicle.
Unfortunately, the value of many coins has risen to a level where the
average wage earner has been priced out of the market.

http://honoluluweekly.com/qanda/2010/10/dollars-and-sense/