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Devalue people? Get real. I never said anything that could remotely be considered that way.
There were more votes than there are regular participants on this forum.
You can trust the accuracy of an anonymous poll all you want. I don't have a problem with you doing that.
If I'm asking for advice, I prefer to know who's giving their opinion. Apparently you have a problem with that? So be it.

I've received a lot of advice and opinions in my life and I've actually asked for some of it. I always consider the source when I think about the opinion I have been given. I value my doctor's opinion more in health matters than some guy on a TV show. I value an experienced collector's value estimate more than an inexperienced collector's.

I think the poll idea for values is very interesting. This one sure did involve more members in the process than the typical Value forum topic. Who knows how many of the votes came from experienced or newbie collectors? But it is one more piece of the puzzle to help make a decision.

I'm thinking every eBay auction is kind of like a value poll. Look at the bid history of a recent auction with a significant number of bidders. Some bid low and never bid again. Some dropped out half way. A few went all the way to the end and one bidder "voted" the highest. How many of the bidders who dropped out along the way actually thought the value of the item was their last bid? I certainly can say that I have often bid what I thought was a very high bid only to have one or two guys fly right past me and bid higher in the final seconds. Sometimes the next identical item never gets those high closing bids and ends at a lower final value.

I'll bet a bunch of the bidders probably still think that their last bid was the realistic value of the item. We just have to weigh all the info we can get to make up our own minds.

Can someone explain to me how an opinion poll can be wrong?

a wise man once said, "thank you for your opinion, I'm sure it's worth exactly what I paid for it"

this has been a great thread thus far. but just to add a little closure to the original post. I went ahead and took this piece to the Peotone swap meet. I did not get it out in the parking lot... I waited until my wife and I were setting up inside.

I decided to price it at $475 and just see what happens... I even mentioned to Lastgas that my expectations was to get $350. my wife pulled it out of the tote that it was in, and the very first person to see it bought it for $425 and was VERY happy to be getting it. and he was not an OG member, so this thread had no weight on his decision.

No one will ever know a true 'value' of an item such as this, but it was an instant sell at $400+ in this scenario.

thanks to everyone for sharing good thoughts on this.

Well this part of the topic upsets me,cause had I known you were bringing it to Peotone,I'd of given you $500 + for it.