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Thank you for the thoughtful article about what to do with a legacy of collected artworks.
It sounds like the author, Joyce Marcel, got more than enough enjoyment from the pieces as well as the satisfaction of supporting area artists and that the money value appreciation wasn't really the reason why she acquired them in the first place.
A work of art is a bit different from, say, a really large pile of gold coins or Apple shares or something made in a factory by a robot. In my opinion, the dollar value has more or less zero to do with the actual value of a piece.
Even a really unique collection of hand-painted pet rocks might have untold value to someone somewhere. Whether made by Warhol, Lichtenstein, or one of us humble Windham County artists, all art comes from the hand, mind, and heart of a human being, and the essence of that can't be repeated in exactly the same way, ever.
