I dunno about converting a devaluing currency into art/jewelry/etc.

If I can't eat it, shoot it (ammo or weapon) or use it (tools/tp/clothing) I don't want it. Oh yeah, I really have a use for that Rembrandt that dude wanted to trade me for 10 cans of Spam. He went hungry, but the guy who had a brick of .22 got the Spam.

If those clowns think that an Andy Warhol will help them thru a SHTF experience, they best think again. And if the situation is wide spread and of a decent duration, where they gonna go? Even private aviation was under severe restrictions right after 9/11. They sure ain't gonna walk to their summer homes in Switzerland.

Made a friend think when he told me about all his food stockpile. I said I stockpile ammo and knew where he lived. The expression on his face was priceless.