Not quite understanding the “premium” being paid for the 75th’s recently offered on EBay.

So the high water mark has been set at $3500 +/-

Fair enough - obviously these are special knives and there is interest from those who missed on on getting one from RMK directly at cost.

BUT - look at what other RMK’s you can get for that same $3500, it really makes me question how long we can sustain that price point. At the same price point - you could acquire a 50th anniversary potentially (more limited production, come up less frequently and I’ll admit $3500 is the lower end range - but it’s possible of late). OR you could certainly acquire a Springfield Randall (possibly even 2 lower grade versions), you could potentially acquire a line of the 1/50 Remember Vietnam models for $3500 or right now Nordic has a time machine 50s model 4 complete with signed card and original shipping box.

Point is - as collectible as these are, there are a lot of great options out there to the RMK collector at the same price - all of which are scarcer and some of which hold interest to collectors of military items as well (wider collector appeal).

I really expect these to settle in the 2300-2500 range by June. I could be completely wrong - and of course certain numbers will always be desirable to some (generally lower equals better). Anyone else care to venture a guess where these settle at in the near future? Long term - they will remain desirable I’m sure - but again there are plenty of rarities to keep collectors going. It’s not like there’s 25 of these - with the number produced - we can reasonably expect 5-10% of the run to be available per year - and unless demand keeps up - expect prices to slide a bit.

Compare it to the Vietnam Veteran 1/500 run - they are scarce - but not exactly rare. I’ve seen a few that seemingly are languishing at the 1200 price point.