We lived in Amish country in Ohio for about 7 years in 1988-95 and they always had an auction in the spring to support the school supplies/doctors/all for the handicapped. We bid and purchased a quilt every year and the price was always between $900 and $1200. They were ALL handmade by the women of the community and ALL the proceeds went to the school. People came from as far as New York to purchase these quilts. You could go around and examine them, check out the work, see which women completed which quilt. I still have all these remarkably beautiful quilts and even tho I am have now started quilting, I still look in amazement at the quality of the work and the durability of these quilts. I love and use each and every one of them. We did it to get beautiful quilts without the guilt of spending so much money for the quilts. We gained and they gained. Investment, not so much.