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		afterburner on March 27, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Louvre makes its entire collection available onlin... Seems mostly to transfer wealth to already famous or rich people. The rich buying stuff from each other. Perhaps even laundering money as they do so.

fortran77 on March 27, 2021 [–]

I will concur that the art market in general seems like a way to store, hide, and transfer wealth.

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