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With the sculptures of BullionArt a phenomenon is connected, a strange paradox, which is able to cause a large value enhancement._ A short mental trip through the world of value and price, shows what it is about and why the prices for BullionArt can explode.
On the art market prices can apparently develop irrationally. A picture, like Rembrandts "Man with the Gold helmet" loses all of a sudden the largest part of its value, only because it is not classed anymore as an original Rembrandt. Even though it is the same picture as before and the "aesthetic yield" should actually remain untouched. However, the high value was obviously reasoned on something, which was not in the picture and should be irrelevant for the quality of the picture, namely the assumed authors.
On the property market suddenly the market value of the tenements halves, only because the interest rate has doubled. In the utility value of the houses, nothing has changed, but the comparative yield has risen and the discounted capital value of the tenements has thereby halved itself.
The value of state loans, assurances and paper money can fall to zero and at the same time the value of something as useless as gold and silver can rise extremely. Is there somewhere a sort of safe value anchor? A good toga with belt and sandals cost roughly one ounce of gold in old Rome. Today for this one gets a good suit, with belt and shoes. The exchange value of gold has hardly changed over the millennium and even today, you can buy a good suit with a roman gold coin. This phenomenon is called constant gold. Golden constant.