How much is music worth?

Why is it that visual art goes for hundreds of millions of dollars at auction, and music sells for...well, nothing sometimes? Is music really worth that much less than art? Or is there something else at play that speaks to the fickle economics of art?

HOOT AND HOLLER:https://www.hootandhollermusic.com
LEE STEVALL SOUNDS (direct to vinyl recording): https://leestavall.com

MUSICIANS GET 12% of the record industry: https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/08/musician-12-percent-43-billion-revenue
SOTHEBY’S VALUATION OF ART: http://www.sothebys.com/content/sothebys/en/news-video/value-of-art.html
VALUE OF ART AT THE MET: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-approximate-value-of-the-Metropolitan-Museum-of-Arts-collection
“PRICE HIKE” ope-ed: https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a1341/esq0404-apr-music/
TAYLOR SWIFT’S OP-ED: https://www.wsj.com/articles/for-taylor-swift-the-future-of-music-is-a-love-story-1404763219

ONCE UPON A TIME IN SHAOLIN:
https://consequenceofsound.net/2015/03/wu-tang-clan-places-88-year-copyright-on-5-million-secret-album/
Another “only 1 copy in existence” album: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musique_pour_Supermarch%C3%A9

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