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Resin isn't the only way to go.

Selective Laser Sintering can fuse metal powders.

So you will one day be able to print gold earrings, steel bolts, etc.

The "collector's value" will cease to mean anything, as anybody will be able to own an identical copy.

One day...

Mona Lisa copies, hanging in every home, identical to the atom with the original.

And combining different metals will create super-strong materials. Fuel valves with the toughness of steel, the corrosion resistance of titanium, vanadium, and the slickness of Aluminum Magnesium Boride alloy.