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BrianJames,
When I was growing up my parents had an Obak and a Zeenut that my great-grandmother had left to them and I was always fascinated with those, so I am sure that is part of it. The other part is that it is nice knowing these will be in the family. At some point my collection will be distributed to my sister and cousins, and all of their kids.
I think you are right about this strategy setting an artificially high price. If I were to dump all my cards onto the market at once, they would probably sell for $25 instead of the $200+ they are going for now.
Brian,
Congrats! Where did you end up finding it?