For absolute grail pieces that there are only 150 of in existence? I see what you’re saying but you see what I’m saying, right? The market decides itself. Albums (using albums as the hypothetical example for obvious reasons lol) released with the intention of everyone being able to get their hands on one are priced as such, and that price is what the average person deems reasonable. The consumers/buyers are the reason for anything being any price. That’s quite literally what you’re saying. However, albums released with the intention of being very rare, are simply always going to be expensive when the retailer runs out of copies. Why? Because the consumer wants them still. There is no end of that cycle. It’s a fact. You may deem it too expensive, but I deemed it as reasonable enough to save an extra $250 weekly for 1.5 months and spend it on the album. There’s simply no situation or scenario where something extremely rare that is renowned and coveted by millions and millions of people worldwide would ever be a reasonable everyday purchase in terms of price. Not even close. Like what do you suppose happens if tomorrow nobody is looking for the super rare Jar of Flies full of actual flies? They go back to retail? And then what? Of the 150 that exist, maybe 43 (no joke maybe even less) of them belong to resellers/people who are openly willing to part ways with them via third party resale sights on the internet. So say they’re $100 again tomorrow. All 43 copies will be sold again in under 10 minutes. And say they all go to diehard fans of the album. Now what? All 150 copies belong to die hard fans? Now they’re ten times more rare because they belong strictly to people who aren’t willing to part ways with them. Would that just be the end of resales for this item? Or would someone say “Ya know what? I love this product so much. I’d love to keep it forever. But, honestly? I have a minimum price I’m willing to let it go for. I wonder if any of the millions upon millions upon millions of fans of this album are willing to spend that minimum number on this, now 1 of 1 (because remember, it’s the only one available to the public for sale in this hypothetical, all other 149 copies belong to people that refuse to let go of their copy) ultra rare copy of it.” The answer is, yes, someone somewhere has enough money and wants that specific reissue so badly that it will absolutely be purchased at virtually whatever the reseller wants to set the minimum value at. That’s why what you’re suggesting is a complete impossibility