Dittos for a lot of fine art sales.
Whenever something doesn't make sense, there's the possibility that the reason they're giving isn't the real reason.
These random items being insanely priced can be for child trafficking, money laundering, and drug sales.
Re: fine art being insanely priced. Fine art usually isn't inspected as closely by customs agents.
Southcom is taking out their narco $s so they will launder left and right.