His point is that if you own a Congo you have a vested interest in its value going up. Even if you are not currently selling, you would obviously want it's value increase. It's true, some people have a very difficult time being objective. That being said, his argument that only people in this thread that value Congo over $3500 are people that own it is invalid. I don't own one, I would like to buy one, and I believe that the price range mentioned in this thread is pretty fair. I would pay in that range for sure, dependent upon condition of course.

OP, just recognize that pin owners naturally over-value and buyers naturally under-value. Usually it balances itself out, but it seems like you are getting some pretty good advice from everyone.

I don't think you know what that means...

Man, I wish I would have been interested in Congo earlier. If I could get one for $2300 nowadays I would buy two.

So, I do have a question about Congo and how it increased in value so quickly. It's popularity seemed to sky rocket out of no where a few years ago. Any idea why it got so hot so fast after no one really cared about it for years? Obviously the price went up due to demand, I'm just curious why demand went up. I know there are only about 2k made but other games that had fairly low runs like JM still stayed closer to the 2k price range. Indy 500 is another good example of a low run game but its price also went up significantly but I never hear people clamoring for it like I do Congo.

That is super interesting and insightful, thanks! I never would have put together the Iron Man and Tron releases influencing the popularity in Congo. I would have thought it would have influenced BSD more so than Congo but then again they made 6800 of those. White Water is another one that sky rocketed after being so cheap for a long time. So, do you think people have pretty much discovered all the B/W era DMD tables or do you think some of the other cheaper pins will become the next Congo/White Water?

The fact that it is a WPC 95 is another really good point, but isn't FastBreak a WPC 95 as well? That didn't seem to effect the price of FastBreak too much (Yet).

Personally, I've always felt more drawn to games that are frequently played in PAPA events. If its competitive enough for them its competitive enough for me. So the Elwin theory makes sense to me too.

No one said that, feel free. The more input for the OP, the better.

Yeah, your attempt was duly noted.