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Ps, art shops & minishops = terrible. Even art that....& not to be mean, but isn't worth the price they're charging, is out of control. A good piece is multimillions. Sub par stuff is in the millions too. It's just...out of control.
Hahaha... you're not being mean by saying that.
The art shops specifically were beginning to have an issue with over inflation by the time I left a few years ago. Though I had mainly chalked that up to all the really good artists leaving to start their careers and a younger being too sure of themselves. It didn't help that everyone knew that if it was worth it you'd pay 300k to several mil for a piece, but didn't realize often those were towards artists that everyone trusted.
The last of my trusted artists that I normally get a commission from left Gaia and got married. So I stopped coming around, it was already ridiculously expensive. Like... 3 mil or more for a head shot, and while it was a very pretty head shot, it was a head shot with no colour. I gave this trusted artist my angelic pendant (3 mil on the market) and she gave me in turn a nearly full body coloured piece, and she was an excellent artist. Don't get anyone like that anymore.