Goods are worth as much as they can be sold for.

Explanation

Market value is determined by the willing buyer — the law measures worth not by sentiment, cost, or aspiration, but by what the marketplace will actually pay.

Where this applies

• How much something is worth is determined by what the market will pay for it.
• The value of property is its market price, not what the owner thinks it's worth.
• Goods are worth what a willing buyer will actually pay.

See also

• 12.12.1 Commerce ought to be common, and not to be converted into a monopoly and the private gain of a few.
• 12.12.2 Money is the just medium and measure of commutable things.