Some things never lose its value. That’s kind of strange actually, but it’s continues to be true all the same. Diamonds and other exclusive stones, gold, paintings by the classic masters almost never decrease in value. But we don’t know what 100 years holds in store for us much in the same way as the people from a 10or 200 years ago didn’t, couldn’t fathom the shape of the world of today. Alright, I am actually not sure where I am going with this but I suppose I’ll press on all the same. Anyhow, Van Gogh the ear slicing (he didn’t actually cut his own ear off, it was one of his friends who cropped the ear by accident during a drunken sword fifth between the two) painter didn’t sell one piece in his own life time. After the man died though, the price of his stuff skyrocketed and everything he ever did is worth truckloads of cash now. But is it going to be that forever? Is a Van Gogh going to maintain its worth and increase its price in same rate over the next hundred years? Could he and any other “master” be forgotten? There’s got to be a limited number of paintings that can go for 100 000 or more, I think so a least. If new master painters keep coming along someone has to get bumped sooner or later as the number of people who can afford the stuff probably are going to stay the same for a while still. Diamonds, gold, emeralds and other stuff like it will be ever so expensive though, I guess. I can’t imagine someone buying off stones in any diamond auctions for pocket money, that’s probably not going to happen.