Buying and Collecting Video Game Art

Is a great reason to buy art. Period.

However....

> Which makes it an attractive proposition for value collectors.

Is not a good reason to buy art. It's not really a good reason to buy anything without intrinsic value, because art's value cannot be quantified. It is subjective. Art's value is subject to the price someone is willing to pay for it. There's no real scarcity. You could say, "Original art, from the artist is scarce." Okay, yes, but that is not the value in art. The value in art is the aesthetic feeling in art. It's the reason to buy art.

Buying art to make money, cheapens art. It jeopardizes the very institution of art, because the purpose of art is to evoke feelings, not make money and we should reward art that evokes feelings, specifically aesthetic feelings in order to promote the creation of that kind of art.

That's what art is about. Art is about emotions and thoughts and awareness. Not dollars. That's the opposite of what art is about. That's what ad creative is about. That's what marketing spreads are about -- not art for your wall.