Greg
It's not just collections of unbuilt models, from what I've been reading, collectibles in general have little value these days.
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Hi,
I agree with Greg wholeheartedly. Collectible values are very fickle. Much eralier in my life I was interested in board games and role playing games, and slowing kept buying more and more. Eventually I realized that I was never really going to do anything with them so a few years ago I decided to list them for sale on a board game and rpg website.
While there were a few that sold for more than I thought they were worth, the vast majority I ended up continually discounting (over a long period of time) til postage for mailing them was more than the cost I was charging, and I still have a number of items unsold. And, in particular I had a copy of a booklet that many avid fans of one game in particular list as their "Holy Grail" since it is out of production and the copyright holder refuses to reprint it, etc. To this day it sits unsold, even with a ~25% (or was it 30%) discount off the next highest price that I have seen it listed for.
On the other heand though, I did just loose out on a bid for an ex-Frog 1/500 scale HMS Torquay model kit that originally probably sold for about $0.80-1.50, way back when, but which just sold on eBay for $57.00 plus shipping .
So I guess the moral of what I am trying to say is, that yes there may be a kit or two that, if you find the right buyers, may fetch a surprising price, but overall, just because you think something is valuable, don't get your hopes up too high, because the chances are probably better than not that you won't end up getting what you think they are really worth, expecially if you have a lot of stuff you are trying to move quickly.