For what it’s worth: Barbara Pensom on value

‘When the time comes to review our fractured society, how do we devise new ways to assess the “worth” of our fellow humans?’

‘We need a more humane and flexible approach.’ | Photo: by Remy Gieling on Unsplash

How is ‘value’ to be assessed? I was recently amazed to read that an Old Master painting sent to auction was ‘worth’ a staggering number of noughts. Its ‘value’ apparently had been further enhanced by having been briefly owned by a modern painter.

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