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In this monologue, the speaker recounts a Manhattan appraisal appointment where a couple were selling Chinese antiques to invest in modern and contemporary art. While touring the home, the speaker notices a medicine cabinet placed conspicuously in the living room. After the sale, he learns the cabinet is a Damien Hirst artwork from the artist’s line of medicine‑cabinet pieces, valued at $50,000‑$100,000 at the time and now worth two to three times that amount. The story serves as a personal illustration of how contemporary art can be hidden in everyday settings, how its market value can appreciate dramatically, and how the line between “art” and “non‑art” is often blurred in the contemporary art market.
