u/StinkyCheeseWomxn

For my own amusement, I created a room of, shall we say, "inferior art" that is all below Pristine specifically to use as an income source for Auctions. It made me chuckle to have a concrete floor, utilitarian room that looks like an auction presale area with crates, minimal decoration, mostly bare bulbs. (All other areas of my museum are highly decorated and artsy-themed fun with totally Pristine exhibits.) My thinking is this:

earn a pretty steady profit by having a ready to sell variety of pieces with various emotions for nearly any auction theme that comes along.
train my less experienced artists who produce "Great" and "Epic" art without having a glut of it lowering the buzz around the museum and on tours.
turn a previously unprofitable corner into a useful/realistic area where guests specifically seeking a particular emotion/type of art could check those boxes.
prevent me from having to search long lists of art searching for specific emotions or scroll around the museum to local specific auction items like "portrait with rage" or "sculpture with joy" every few minutes, because they are all contained and easy to click through in one corner.

My concern is that I've basically created a low buzz junk area that is preventing me from getting the Fitzpocket "Fantastic Rating" that I need to move to the next level. Thoughts?

What do you do with large accumulated funds? In my museums I often reach a point where they are just raking in money and I feel like I'm not getting the full creative experience due to maybe an excessive focus on dollar-maxxing. In Artyfacts I have about 5 million in funds, and three stars. I'm giving frequent pay increases (keeping everybody in the green) and added a helipad. I tend to have pretty dense museum spaces and primarily pristine exhibits, but would love to know anything fun that you built that created interesing guest interactions or behaviors. Any tips on what I can do to keep the challenge alive and maybe expand or decorate in a fun way that spends the funds? What are some of your processes and creative ideas for playing that my utilitarian style might have missed?

Strategy Thoughts on Auction Presale Storage Room

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