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Art as trendy, every other piece highly valued (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rated

'highly valued' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'art as trendy every other piece' is the wordplay.
'every other piece' indicates alternate letters.
'art'+'as'+'trendy'='artastrendy'
The alternate letters of 'artastrendy' are 'RATED'.

(Other definitions for rated that I've seen before include "Had a high opinion of" , "Classified or graded" , "Castigated" , "Assessed in trade" , "Estimated, set at" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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