Altair - A different perspective

At 03:00 PM 8/14/98 -0500, you wrote: Whether that is true or not is completely irrelevant to the pricing of Altairs as collectibles. For example, Beanie babies are neither new in concept, well made, or even terribly uncommon. Yet they sometimes sell for ridiculous prices. Meanwhile, quality toys, which are far more uncommon, and were, in their time, ground-breaking, often sell for much less. Collector value is a function of perceived importance and perceived rarity. It may or may not have any basis whatsoever in actual fact. --------------------------------------------------------------------- O- Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know." Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates San Francisco, California http://www.sinasohn.com/