Post #33833 by SugarCaddyDaddy on Mon, May 12, 2003 11:18 AM

SuzyWong~

As Laney said, HW are good investment pieces.

I personally have never seen very good to near-mint pieces go down in value. As a matter of fact, I've seen HW pieces that were completely refurbished bring in a pretty penny, since some pieces are truly hard to find, and refurbished pieces are sometimes needed in ones collection just to make a set complete!

As for this bar, HW bars are really hard to find, especially in this shape, BUT, I would only buy it at its going rate ONLY if I was a die-hard HW collector. If you like the look of this bar, you could have one of our TC members make one that is similar to it for less than half the price and still have fun with it and not have a heart-attack if it gets bumped or chipped by accident like you would if you purchased this piece.

Remember, YOU are the one that has to live with it. If you like it, buy it, but also keep in mind that if that little HW logo wasn't stamped on it, you would not see the $1200+ price on it.

Just my 2 coconuts worth.