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Now there are isolated instances when death significantly impacts an artist's price structure, but a specific set of conditions must be in place for that to happen. First, the artist has to be relatively famous or well-known in certain circles, and their art has to be relatively expensive and in demand among collectors. Second-- and here's the biggie-- they have to die prematurely and unexpectedly, thereby catching the marketplace totally by surprise. When that happens, a sort of panic or temporary insanity sets in.

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