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Quoted from local_single:

I'll play it a few times just to beat it but I'm planning to teat it like sculpture or art piece, trying to preserve it as much as possible.
No, I wouldn't buy soil cause that's mess and be hard to display and it's not a sculpture like say a brick is. I'd buy the brillo pad, but I'm not willing to pay current market price for it.
It all depends on when the item was made, and what it is. For example I paid $850 last year for my 9/11 relief tee, due to the age, history and condition of the item. The shit was designed in 2001 after the twin tower attacks as a way to show solidarity with the people of new york, that shirt stays in a sealed plastic bag.

I've bought things like fire extinguishers, and crowbars, just for the sake of absurdity and to display. I've also paid $30 for stickers due to age and context.

OP

Quoted from local_single:

The shirt retailed for like $45 in 2001, I'm assuming all of it like the Japan Relief tee they did in 2011. https://www.highsnobiety.com/2011/03/31/supreme-japan-relief-benefit-t-shirt/
They made a ton of them, and donated the money in 2001.
I in no way bought that in 2001. bought that shirt resale last year becuase of it's age and history. Yea $800 is a lot but it's 15 year old piece of history.

I bought it second hand from another collector, the shirt is 15 years old.

I don't see it, as beanie babies had arbitrary value and no function outside of being beanie babies. It was something everyone was buying into to get rich so the market collapsed. Yes more people are buying into supreme and trying to flip it quick, and yes will see the bubble pop but I doubt it we become .50 status. As the initial retail price for some items are upwards of $250. You can't create something and say "this has value and this is collectable" it has to happen naturally.
It's why magic cards are collectable or vinyl records, supply and demand on top of function and design.
I think beanie babies or baseball card are an extreme examples as they were just fabric or pieces of paper with no external value attached. That people only bought because someone said they are worth money, when nobody saw the value That why stuff like a CDG supreme wallet holds more value than a normal Supreme or CDG wallet.

OP

Quoted from local_single:

You do realize the same thing could be said about pinball machine right?
How it's a waste of money.
Like you can just go down the street and play pinball at the local arcade. Yes it's fun and cool, and entertaining. But you're really gonna pay 8k for a big ass ghostbusters ad in your house? "Oh it lights up and makes sounds, it's fun and entertaining" Yea so is an xbox and it's 1/6 the price.
Sure it's not physical and I get it's by no means cheap to produce a pinball machine. But you do understand how this is a pot kettle black situation?
But a good pair of shoes the quality is extremely diffrent than say a $20 Walmart ones. So maybe you just buy shit shoes dog.