Good take on it Airsporterman and well proffered.

I too have a few offerings in my modest collection that are worth more to me than their realistic re-sale value, and similarly, I have a couple of air guns that -- with hind sight -- I seriously over paid for because I really wanted them, so yep, purchase prices can be subjective, I agree, and like you, I've a few items that I am likely to be custodian of, by default, for many years to come, too (love the phrase custodian for what we do ).

Regarding my last post, then, don't mind me, as I was just being a bit of a wind-up by adopting the mantle of Devil's Advocate (couldn't resist a bit of Bank Holiday fishing lol ).