OMG!!!....how about these prices on Ebay... (1 Viewer)

lancer said:
More money than sense. -- Al
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or like my Dad would say...

more dollars than cents...

I wish he would go back to small limited editions...

instead of unlimited editions...

I always felt that my JJD 250-350 limited edition pieces were a safe investment if I ever wanted to sell them...
 
Same bidder has been willing to pay absurd prices for some BOM sets in the last couple weeks. Just started bidding on POA sets as well. Looks like one other willing to push him/her in a bidding war. Should be interesting to see if they follow through. I suspect things will go back to reasonable after they are done. Fun to watch in the meantime!

Rich
 
This is COMPLETE INSANITY! What can they be thinking? Those are great sets/figures, but..... -- Al
 
Mike,

I have just one BM-01 duplicate for sale...for this price of course!!
Really these guys are John enthusiasts more than us!
 
I sold my BM01-02-03 and 06 for $500 each about a year ago...

which is the reason I quit B of M...

I thought I set some kind of record...

but this blows mine away!
 
I look at Jenkins on ebay a lot and while they get respectible prices on the sets they are nowhere near this.I don't mean Murphy but the other guy.Seems funny that this guy has so many bids on his sets and others with the same sets don't.It could be a couple of guys going back and forth but I don't know.:rolleyes2:
M ark
 
The dangerous fact about eBay is that emotion, rather than logic can drive the bidding for some folks. It becomes a "HIM" against "ME" attitude and the only thought is to WIN...WIN...WIN. Great for the seller but there is something that is called "buyer's remorse” that can hit the buyer soon after the Adrenaline rush has passed. That the regrets of what just happen set in.
 
The final price on the BM-01 was $1045. The 4 piece defending grenadiers went for $1000. -- Al
 
Thanks Lancer.
Please excuse my ignorance (just started with the Chippewa sets), but is there something “special” about the “Battle of Monongahela” sets that would drive the price through the stratosphere like that?
 
Larry Allen said:
Thanks Lancer.
Please excuse my ignorance (just started with the Chippewa sets), but is there something “special” about the “Battle of Monongahela” sets that would drive the price through the stratosphere like that?
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Unless I am wrong, the special part is that these were JJD's first releases in the 1/30 scale figures and they were released in very limited numbers. I believe BM01, 02, 03 were all done in a 250 set limited edition. The Bm-06 was more numerous, but not by much and they disappeared fast. The BM 01, 02, 03, 04, 05 took a while to sell out but once JJD caught on, the subsequent sets all sold pretty quick, and the BM06 was a 4 figure set that was particularly well done and was very popular, as the whole series ended up being. At any rate, the high prices of the early sets are because of relative scarcity, both in initial release numbers, and on the secondary market. -- Al
 
Are you kidding me on these prices!?! I'm with you Mike, it would be nice to see the limited edition tag put on items. I loved to see some Sudan pieces come out as limited editions.
 
Well...

there was obviously some "extremely spirited bidding" on these pieces...

to the seller...it was "The Perfect Storm"...lol...

all the forces of Mother Nature came together at the precise moment to push these prices...

as a collector...I have always been comfortable with collecting JJD series that were small limited editions...or any manufacturers for that matter...

I have always felt that...if somewhere in the future...if I quit a series...

I could get most...all...or more of my original purchase price back if I wanted to sell them...and that's comforting...

but some people buy pieces and never plan to sell them...myself...I'm limited on room and can't collect everything...so I usually sell off a series when I start a new one...or at least try to sell something to finance my new purchases and also to make room for them...

limited edition and retired status contributes to my assurance and confidence of safety in recouping my purchase price at a later date...

I have always advocated the small limited production of series pieces...I have never bought for that reason alone...but it's comforting to know that one day...they will be out of production and retired...which in my mind...makes my collection purchases more valuable...

I spoke to JJ about the high prices of the retired B of M series quite a while back...he said he was even amazed at what the retired B of M series was going for on the Ebay and other secondary markets...that was over a year ago...

John seemed almost apologetic or sympathetic to new collectors that got there too late and missed the early BM's...I felt he thought he did them a disservice by making such a small limited edition...

I think there are two schools of thought on this...and I can easily understand both sides...

on one hand...considering an unlimited edition...I think the manufacturer wants something he can build on and can sell quite a few of...if he goes to the time to create a sculpt...there's really no incentive for him to go through small production runs and make too few if more will sell...if a manufacturer put out small 100 limited edition pieces...I honestly don't think they would fetch a "premium" to the manufacturer as they hit the market...I personally believe that any new piece offered from the manufacturer will only sell at the "usual and customary" prices he has always offered his figures...whether it's limited or unlimited...in fact if the manufacturer put an outrageous price on a new low edition figure...I think he would be ostracized by the collecting community as trying to gouge them...so...there really seems no benefit to the manufacturer to put an extremely small limited edition number out...I also think some collectors prefer an unlimited edition as they don't like to feel pressured to buy a piece immediately because they are afraid it will be sold out in short order...and would like to collect in a more leisurely or less financially forced pattern...

on the other hand...as a collector...concerning a low limited edition piece...if I find a piece I like and want to buy it...I can definitely rationalize and believe there will be an increased value somewhere down the line if it's a low limited edition...it's like a "bonus" to me...it also elevates the urgency for me to buy it immediately before it retires and honestly makes me feel I can recoup my investment if I ever want to part with it...I prefer limited edition pieces...but realize a lot of people don't like to feel rushed into buying a piece...I also believe that unlimited pieces quickly garner the..."We'll...it's not limited...so I don't have to buy it now" status...which makes selling them by slower by the manufacturer...

the pieces on this particular thread (the retired BM's) have always resold at a premium...maybe they will continue to do so...I don't know...these particular ones sold at a much higher premium than in the past...but to a guy that has plenty of money...I don't think he's really concerned about the cost...he wanted them...and he got them...it's all relative to what money means to you...
 
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