Threeding.com is now Selling Museum Artifacts

[Wolfie]

Preservation or exploitation?

Duplicating unique or rare artifacts diminishes the original in ways we can't possibly fathom at this point.

What happens to the uniqueness of the original when everyone has a cheap copy sitting on their shelf at home?

[Feign]

What happens to the uniqueness of the original when everyone has a cheap copy sitting on their shelf at home?

The uniqueness of the original doesn't diminish at all. Original paintings aren't cheapened by the existence of prints, there's no reason to believe that this will be any different.

Now, plaster molds and other reproductions of these artifacts will surely be cheapened, but they were cheap to begin with.