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In lugnet.market.auction, Tamyra Teed writes:
> These is really insane, have you seen the final bid? 128.some odd
> cents.. This has got to be close if not a record for insane prices...
I guess the real "value" here is not the parts, but the instructions. The
parts are available in many other sets, but the "set" isn't complete without
the instructions and a box, if this set even came in a box.
The wording of the ad that mentions how the set was largely unknown until
recently made me think, just for a second, that this was some MOC with sham
instructions printed up, so that someone could "discover" a lost set and sell
it for big money. Sort of like the way variants crop up for mini-fig
collectors.
The other theory I had on this one was that someone is trying to artificially
inflate the market, trying to draw out other high bidders by carrying on a
sort of farce auction, which would then create an unreasonable comparable out
there so that $100 for this tiny set would look like a bargain.
I wouldn't have bid $5 on this set. You can't play with instructions!
Will
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| It appears that for the buyer, this set was one of the last 2 sets need to complete his space collection. Given that the set is supposedly rare, I can understand paying a premium for the set in order to complete the collection. I wouldn't have paid (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| I think the price is OK. I know who bought it; he seems to be cornering the market.:-P I only know three people who have this set (with or without box), including the new owner of this one. It was on Matt Chiles want list and Todd Lehman's want (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| To date, I think only about TWO or THREE of these sets have even been mentioned on Lugnet or RTL. It is VERY rare. $128 worth of rare, heck NO, imnsho. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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