Despite fireworks in the art market, art contains no intrinsic value, just canvas on a stretcher or at best bronze or corten steel sculpture with some scrap value.
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Denis Thompson, of Thompson Monuments Inc. in Webster City, Iowa, recommends zinc, which is lighter and less expensive than bronze, and is worth much less as scrap.
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