Here is Why The “Mona Lisa” is Worth $870 Million. And How You Can Increase The Perceived Value of Your Product.

Holmes Nguyen
The Startup
Published in
7 min readFeb 9, 2023

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I’ll be completely honest about the fact that I’m not an artist or a huge art fan, although I visit museums and enjoy good paintings every now and then.

However, as a marketer, I’m confident to say that I know a thing or more about marketing. And let me tell you that there are a lot of lessons to unpack here about the grand painting of the Mona Lisa.

Here’s a little background about the worldwide-famous piece of art to help refresh your memory and keep you up-to-date...

This drawing alone can help reduce the significant number of hungry people. It’s a little twisted to think that some colors on a canvas are valued much more than people’s lives, don’t you think? Yet, it’s a world we’re living in.

I can understand the reasons behind the system but I will never agree with how it works.

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Holmes Nguyen
The Startup

A marketing professional from Finland. Discovering what works in marketing and sharing it here. MS in Sustainable Entrepreneurship