The guitar industry likes to pull this trick too. Slap on a new bridge piece, change the fretboard inlays, maybe alter the shape of the headstock just a bit, (while leaving the pickups, the the fretboard, the wood used, and anything else that actually affects the sound,) and you've got yerself a special limited edition there, fella! Oh, and hire a rock star to pose in photographs with $400 worth of guitar painted to look like the 2-5k handmade instrument he actually plays and you now have yourself a a limited edition SIGNATURE model you can charge $800+ for!
The whole "limited edition" racket is quite a racket no matter what racket you happen to be in.
Do these limited signature editions actually become sought after items? Ever? I forgot to mention the limited edition Matrix Ducati we work on every now and again. I like green, but green Ducatis look fairly awful.
The dolls that Sarah collects (and makes) often become sought after and highly valuable due to the low numbers produced. There's work and expense involved to make the dolls, though. I think they are usually an exception to the limited racket.
Of course, like comic books in the 90's, there are definitely companies out there that take advantage of collectors with limited editions.
Sought after? I doubt it. But they're great for luring in suckers who don't know what they are buying and don't think to do research by letting you stick a big fat "LIMITED EDITION!!!" on the tagline of your Ebay auction.
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The whole "limited edition" racket is quite a racket no matter what racket you happen to be in.
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The dolls that Sarah collects (and makes) often become sought after and highly valuable due to the low numbers produced. There's work and expense involved to make the dolls, though. I think they are usually an exception to the limited racket.
Of course, like comic books in the 90's, there are definitely companies out there that take advantage of collectors with limited editions.
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