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Makes perfect sense.
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Jason King
LugNet #665
Mike Stanley <cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com> wrote in message
news:GEztCE.LDn@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Timothy Wade writes:
> > I was sitting here today, pondering about the re-release of the Guarded • Inn,
> > and it dawned on me (probably others happened across this thought many • moons
> > ago) about the price of the few original Guarded Inn's. Are they still • going >to
> > be wroth fractionally more to anyone due to the "originality" of having • the >box
> > and whatnot? Or will it depress the market to nearly equal values?
>
> Well, first of all, there are nowhere close to "few" original Guarded • Inn's.
> There were a huge number (anyone have a close to realistic guess?) of them
> produced. There are at almost any given time more than one or two • available
> for auction on eBay. This set is not rare even in the realm of classic • Lego
> sets.
>
> So while I think "original" sets might be valued slightly higher by some, • I
> don't think it will be by much. Certainly used sets won't be - who would
> value a used set with all the flaws it would come with over a brand new • set
> that in all practical ways is identical?
>
> The only way I can see an original being valued *much* more highly than a
> re-issue is if it is truly MISB, but ironically the only way I can truly
> understand that is if the people who make that valuation decide to keep it
> MISB. If you plan on opening the thing and building it, what possible
> difference could it make? Would the "thrill" of opening up an older set • of
> polybags be worth more than a few dollars?
>
> I have my one original 6067. It may even become my display model to keep
> built. But I won't be buying any other originals unless I get them for
> *less* than the re-issues. I value the pieces themselves, not the year • they
> were created - if that makes sense.
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