There is no correct answer to this, because it's different for different people and that's as it should be.

Sedayne will be told he is both gloriously right and terrifyingly wrong.

And the usual suspects will arrive shortly to say the exact opposite, and will be told likewise.

Asking this question is the same as asking of an antique if it's age or the skill of the maker which matters most.

Pointless.

To some it will be all about age and provenance and patina, to others all about artistry and craft, while to most it'll be a balance of both with different values on different occasions.

Only a plonker would suggest than anyone in either of the other two categories is a plonker.

But they will.

Tom

What's that green thing poking out from under the bridge?