[toxicatom5]

I think a fundamental flaw in all of this is that if you just simply increase the price (whether it is at the beginning or after a certain amount are sold) and nothing else changes, you'd increase the price beyond what piece really dictates.

Sure people will pay astronomical prices on ebay, but that is due to the limited quantity in circulation not necessarily the quality of the piece. If stores start jumping their prices without making a coordinated improvement in quality that increase just doesn't warrant the price and buying it from the store becomes far less desirable to begin with.

Let me add, I think the quality of the pieces we've seen coming out recently is very good, but I also think they are fairly priced for what we are getting.