How silly can collectors be?

Joost van de Griek jvdg at sparcpark.net
Sun Jun 4 13:11:46 CDT 2006


On 6/4/06 6:32 PM, Patrick Finnegan wrote:

> On Saturday 03 June 2006 15:06, Joost van de Griek wrote:
>
>> On 6/1/06 11:35 PM, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
>>
>>> How much is a small piece of aluminum with some lettering on it worth?
>>> Aparently, between $125 and $411...
>> 
>> Once something is collectible, value is very hard to establish. While such
>> a price for a "small piece of aluminium with some lettering on it" may seem
>> outrageous to you, if it is the final missing piece in someone's
>> collection, that price may be peanuts compared to the increase of the
>> complete collection's value.
> 
> I'd agree with you, but I'm pretty sure that in at least fordkdkk, that's
> probably not the case, from what I've learned from other collectors.

Fair enough. I didn't mean to imply my reasoning applied to this particular
case.

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