That's not what I'm asking.
Those replicas and recreations are recreations of a... single, scarce work.
That's famous precisely because there is one original.
But if that's not true, it should be possible to point to, say, a series of similar paintings or musical compositions that are all famous.
Generally, that's not the case though.
Because people want one thing.
The one Mona Lisa. The one officially-blessed Taylor Swift album. The one version of Beethoven's Fifth.
Complexity and variety confuses simple people and the market.
Those replicas and recreations are recreations of a... single, scarce work.
That's famous precisely because there is one original.
But if that's not true, it should be possible to point to, say, a series of similar paintings or musical compositions that are all famous.
Generally, that's not the case though.
Because people want one thing.
The one Mona Lisa. The one officially-blessed Taylor Swift album. The one version of Beethoven's Fifth.
Complexity and variety confuses simple people and the market.