A few years ago, there was a fascinating article in Bloomberg about how the prices of some paintings are falling rapidly. As I read the article, I wondered just how much paintings actually go for.
The most expensive painting according to Wikipedia was sold for over $300 million. It's called "Interchange" by Willem de Kooning.
Then, there was another painting called "Number 17A" by Jackson Pollock that was sold for over $200 million dollars!
As I perused Pollock's collection, (I'm no art connoisseur) the paintings looked like a bunch of house painters' drop cloths that were hung on the wall. Honestly, to me they just looked like a mess---yet people have paid millions of dollars for these works!
That got me to thinking: what is a human life worth...