The only person I ever found who was willing to pay what a quilt is really worth was another crafts person. There is a lady in our community who had been a musuem curator. She had a number of quilt tops her grandmother had made. She paid me to handquilt them for her. She owns a shop that does custom framing and understands the value of craftwork. I basically charged her $.07 a square inch plus my finishing materials, back, batting and binding. She had no problem forking over the money. She admitted that she makes most of her living selling her work at craft events in the Washington DC area where people are more willing to pay for what they want.