If you think about it, this was a serendipitous happening for this artist. This lady is rich and was taking lessons from her. She sees the quilt and hears the comments and falls in love. And I do believe having money makes it easier to buy what you want, if you can get it. She wanted it, so she bought it. Maybe we aren't so lucky in the $$$ department. Or our priotities are different.
(Did you think this quilt looked small?) It has lovely work in it and I applaud the artist who put that price tag on it. I'll bet you lots of people were talking about it!