Why non collectors need to stay away from our toys!!
There was a horror story about a woman who bought a new in crate 1975 Magnavox console, thirtysome years after it left the factory. She proceeded to unpack it, and painted it "shabby chic white" and also painted flowers all over it. After offering it on eBay for $500 she received two blistering notes from two collectors of such things. One bought it, gutted the cabinet, and tossed the ruins of the artsy artwork. He bought it for considerably less than $500. I wouldn't have SuperFridge for $35, let alone $3,500.