No way. It's ridiculous and highlights the couple dozen folks in this hobby who have more money than they know what to do with. You can buy an original high-end piece of hand painted artwork from a well-known artist in this price range. This is a printed piece on plastic that may very well get printed a hundred more times, there is no guarantee. JPop is probably warming up his printer right now. If this was original hand drawn artwork then yes. But it's not.

So when someone says this piece is beautiful and totally worth every cent, that's not judgmental? But if someone has a negative opinion and says that a PRINTED piece of artwork on plastic has been over hyped, that's being judgmental? I really don't care how anyone spends their money. But call it what it is. I'm laughing at the valuation and the bidders. I hope JPop does crank up the printer and has another 5 dozen printed. There is nothing stopping him.

What are you basing this on? Someone owns the rights to it. You don't think they want to see a return on their investment? Ever hear of the MM and AFM remakes?