Unless you're building an AI or blockchain ponzi scheme

few people respect / understand art anymore. destroyed by fiat -

Having seen several of those, 25 years ago, as a student, your statement is truer than you might realize. Those modern numbers seem low, though.

500 florins in 1481 equivalent to $80,000? More like four times that. People lived off a two dozen florins a year.

Nor is art.