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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2065742, member: 57495&quot;]You will find instances where very well-heeled collectors are prepared to pay extremely high prices for what they deem to be the best example of a type they desire.&nbsp; And when more than one of them want the same piece, they can leave auction house estimates, reference book values, and even previous records in the dust.&nbsp; Beyond grade (which is to some extent subjective), style and provenance play a part as well. </p><p><br /></p><p>10-20x more for a &#039;Best in Class&#039; example is certainly not out of the ballpark, and $400 seems like about the right price for the VF example. </p><p><br /></p><p>Incidentally, this is a very interesting and also highly desirable series.&nbsp; Some of them also happen to be very rare, so trying to make a full set may take some patience and a lot of money.&nbsp; Erato is considered the rarest, and this example which I believe was the only one auctioned in the whole of 2014 hammered for $38k before fees:</p><p><a href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1995598" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1995598" rel="nofollow">http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1995598</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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