The real answer to why it's worth 93 million is the expectation that someone else will think it's worth more later. Lots of worthless stocks are purchased on the hope that someone else will be a bigger fool than you are.

On Rodin's "The Thinker," THEY ARE pretty nice pieces. There isn't just one of them. I ran into the problem of trying to identify and "provinence" several Rodin works, and I'm afraid lost a lot of my former respect for them. Rodin only had one major commission during his lifetime, which he never finished (although he spent a lot of government money). He did make a lot of "concept" sketches and drawings, but most of his works were done by his employees, to whom he never gave credit. His patterns and molds were given to the French when he died, and the great majority of the works "attributed" to Rodin were cast long after his death. Factory work?

There's also much suggestive information that implies he wasn't a very nice guy; but of course that shouldn't influence the evaluation of his "art."

Frankly, I think Robin Buick is a more "creative" sculptor, and he's alive to argue with.

John