I usually buy collectibles because I like them in some way. They speak to me. They mark the journey that I went through. I do not expect them to gain value in any way vs holding bitcoin. But I only have one life, and I do like to enjoy some physical things once in a while. Therefore each buy in carefully considered against just buying bitcoin instead.
Recently, I've noticed that while some of the quality of some items has drastically improved, the premiums are just way too high. On top of this, my concern is with loaded items. Now that we know that the "dust" on main chain will keep going up due to fees, why are artist STILL making pieces with small amount of sats on mainchain on those physicals? I'd much rather have an unloaded item that I like in hand, than having a loaded item that will become unspendable some day (and that i paid much higher for!) The premiums are already through the roof... I just don't get it... Is the goal to ultimately have those traded like an opendime?