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You know, back to the original topic, maybe the owner of that Bösendorfer wasn't the one who purchased or restored it. Perhaps the piano has been in the family for a number of years, was inherited, etc. Maybe that's why it was "priceless" to the owner.
It's possible. I remember reading a while back about someone who asked the forum about restoring his family verticle piano from late 1800's of obscure brand, and most were telling him a $20,000 restore of his family verticle piano may not be worth it, but he was seriously considering it because to him it was priceless even though most have told him the market value is about the same as firewood, though not in those words. In this case, that worthless thing (to the market) was worth so much to him he was willing to sink another $20K into it.
If you refuse to sell something for any price, then it is priceless to you, though people say there's a price for everything, and you only refuse to sell because the price is not high enough. I guess $14K was not high enough, which is why it is priceless.
