I think of it in terms of once the more desirable ones become out of reach of most getting into collecting they look to the next best thing which would be the utility models or the corvettes etc cause they are still common and affordable they may not ever reach the desirability of the toe cutters but I reckon comes back on what the person is into and there will always be people who want everything for next to nothing definitely not implying that you are one of those people was meaning in general I haven't been lucky enough to find any good deals like that I generally happy to part with $50-100 per mower cause I don't plan on reselling I buy cause I want that particular one. I personally see the value in what he has there it may be on the top end of what it's worth at the end of the day good luck to him .