IF this is a double post..my apologies. Guido -----Forwarded Message----- >From: countde...@earthlink.net >Sent: Aug 10, 2010 7:24 PM >To: Ed Majden <epmaj...@shaw.ca>, meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Most expensive meteorites! > >Ed says, referring to all collectors, "They are NUTS!" > >Most critics of the prices paid for art probably don't have an understanding >of what drives the value. Pieces created by an artist are meant to open a >dialogue with those who view the work. The artist is making a statement using >whatever medium he wishes. He hopes the viewer will understand what he has >said. If initially successful, the artist continues to make works, as if >having an ongoing conversation with his audience. If continually successful in >inspiring and reaching his viewers with what he has to say, his work takes on >importance and desirability, ergo value. All the other factors...a great >technique, small output, uniqueness, and the death of the artist...also drive >the price. > >There are so many art genres..and some, like minimalism and conceptualism, use >the simplest of mediums and objects to carry the artist's message. Ed's >painted stripes on plywood for example. They mean nothing to Ed because he >hasn't any familiarity with the ouvre of this artist. This doesn't make Ed >ignorant. It's actually a failure on the part of the artist. But, for those >that "get it" it's the successful conversation represented by this whole body >of work that drives the price. > >There are no limits to art. And much of what we see in other objects that >provokes an emotional, or thoughtful. response is really art. This applies to >meteorites. They speak to us in the language of creation. Their individual >appearance is unpredictable and many times beautiful. Our curiosity drives us >to analyze them with one revelation leading to another in a continuing >conversation. Our response to this intimacy is to desire and value them. Some >would say we are "NUTS". > >Count Deiro >IMCA 3536 > > >-----Original Message----- >>From: Ed Majden <epmaj...@shaw.ca> >>Sent: Aug 10, 2010 5:28 PM >>To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >>Subject: [meteorite-list] Most expensive meteorites! >> >> This confirms my impression of collectors! They are NUTS! I don't >>single out meteorite collectors but all collectors. Let us look at >>art as an example. If a painting by a famous artist sells for big >>bucks and later it turns out to be a fake it is nearly worthless >>again. It has nothing to do with the quality of the painting but who >>actually is the so called famous painter. The Ottawa art community, >>government, if I recall correctly paid big bucks for three stripes >>painted on a couple of sheets of plywood. Several people said they >>would duplicate this so called famous painting at a fraction of the >>cost, but there were no takers. Collectors and their vanity proves >>they are all NUTS! I have something you don't have! ;-) Meteorites >>should be about what they do for science and Not scarcity! >>Ed Majden >>Courtenay B.C. >>______________________________________________ >>Visit the Archives at >>http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >>Meteorite-list mailing list >>Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >>http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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