Statues & Figures Thread - Any & All Game Related

[dwade23]

Originally Posted by flatout

I searched actual sold listings and this is the only one I found (sold at auction for $510, to be fair though a couple small spikes are missing on it):


http://www.ebay.com/itm/SIDESHOW-ART...item3aa7b112e1


What people list things for and what they sell for (or are worth) can be 2 different things

Pays to read the description

"THIS IS THE SUPER DETAILED HARD TO FIND ARTHAS STATUE. THE STATUE HAS BEEN DISPLAYED IN A GLASS CASE AND HAS SOME LIGHT DAMAGE. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURES: THE SPIKE ON THE LEFT KNEE, THE TWO LOWER SPIKES ON THE LEFT FOOT AND TWO SPIKES ON THE RIGHT HAND ARE MISSING. ALSO THE HIGHEST SPIKE ON THE ICE HAS BEEN SNAPPED OFF. "

I count 6 spikes missing. That's quite a bit of damage. Still a very, very cheap price (cheapest I have seen for quite some time).
RRP was $349 USD, so that's about $165 appreciation on a heavily used, damaged piece I guess. Percentage wise that's a 47% appreciation. Apply that to a Batman Arkham Knight and you're looking at $1320USD (increase in $422) for a used, partially damaged piece. If it was a mint condition piece you're looking at least 70% increase taking that price to $1530USD. If it was sealed you would be looking at about 100%-150% increase... and yer, it gets a bit ridiculous.

Sealed versions go for much, much higher (or even mint condition ones).