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And while you're there, check out his feedback.

What's the problem with his feedback? I don't see anything special.

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Peeron's telling me that I own 247 sets, 206 of those unique, with a total value of $6 400 US. Herein lies 347 minifigs and 64 659 parts.

Which is not enough, because I haven't indexed my PaB findings (plenty of bricks and figs). I'm guessing it's a few hundred dollars more, but not much more. Plus it's calculated with US prices; with EU prices the monetary value of all my sets would be way higher. The sentimental value on the other hand, is infinite. :classic:

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In storage or not?

Previously, I had been amassing doubles of relatively old, small sets. Upon selling them, I made a fair profit......of $600! My actual collection, with god knows how many sets, must be worth a fair amount.

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Probably around 30 to 50 thousand parts....

So peobably over $15,000

I think this is the perfect example of why fans have so much difficulty evaluating the value of one's collection. Just how much is 50,000 parts worth? At 10 cents per piece that would only be $5,000. LEGO collections are very personal and when we have so many unique and out-of-production elements to our names it becomes extremely difficult to place a value on one's collection. Many of us overvaule our prized possessions, while others tend to be too conservative.

At the end of the day, I think most people would have a hard time collecting the $ value of their collections if they wanted to sell them. It's really too subjective.

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No idea...probably not as much most people's collections on this forum.

However, hopefully, I'll be able to get hold of some more Pirate LEGO this year and increase the value. :classic:

Bluebeard, out-

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I was just trying to figure this out so I could give an accurate amount for insurance purposes. The problem is that my collection is older than me, and I only know for sure what went into it in the last 20 or so years. My older siblings kept a lot of their instruction booklets, so I used those to get a rough estimate, but I also acquired the collections of two of my best friend's families. So these Peeron numbers only include the sets I absolutely know are in my collection. 275 Sets (253 unique), 59,949 Parts, $5,479.85, 621 Minifigs - There were several set without listed prices there and after estimating for them it bring the total for these 275 sets to about $6,000. However, I know I have about 800 minifigs, so assuming the ratios of pieces to price to minifigs stays constant I'd estimate about 80,000 pieces and $8,000. :shark:

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Ive never seen a topic on here before AND I searched so I figgured it would be safe to start a topic asking this question:

"How much money is your LEGO collection worth?"

Mines about $1,150, give or take. Ive actually thought of insuring it....

Totals: 120 Sets (119 unique), 19,221 Parts, $1,847.5, 222 Minifigs.

Only about $700 in the past year. Could have been worse I suppose...

222 Minifigs :grin:

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According to Peeron: 79 Sets (66 unique), 12,832 Parts, $1,573.5, 242 Minifigs (with a couple of sets without a known msrp price).

But I'm pretty sure I missed quite a few sets (I was too lazy to list every set :tongue: )+ I have also bought loose parts and figs.

And the value/price on Peeron is based on original price, and is in usd, so it is probably 1900-2000 euro's, instead of the 1575 dollar value given by Peeron (since TLG likes to overprice things here :hmpf_bad: ), and that is without the unknown prices and with quite a few sets missing.

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I think this is the perfect example of why fans have so much difficulty evaluating the value of one's collection. Just how much is 50,000 parts worth? At 10 cents per piece that would only be $5,000. LEGO collections are very personal and when we have so many unique and out-of-production elements to our names it becomes extremely difficult to place a value on one's collection. Many of us overvaule our prized possessions, while others tend to be too conservative.

At the end of the day, I think most people would have a hard time collecting the $ value of their collections if they wanted to sell them. It's really too subjective.

Fair point. Try buying old grey for 10 cents a brick these days...

God Bless,

Nathan

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I started building town two months ago this Christmas and have spent around $1100 at BL and $350 locally. I know that the value has to be much lower as they are not new anymore and I bought only new. Anyway cool topic and people who have time/wish to count all their sets value from Peeron.

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*Ahem* :wink:

:grin:

You have to reference across a selection of pieces. Slopes, tiles, and any non-brick pieces can make old grey much more expensive... Believe me... :tongue:

God Bless,

Nathan

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You have to reference across a selection of pieces. Slopes, tiles, and any non-brick pieces can make old grey much more expensive... Believe me... :tongue:

Oh, I know. I just recently bought a few (40-ish) 1x8 bricks, and 36 4x12 plates in Light gray off BL.

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According to Peeron I have a whopping 15 sets (13 uniques), 4641 pieces, 64 minifigs, all that for $530. Since I have mostly oldies bought on ebay/bricklink I think it's more like 700/800 USD. That's not much but I'm wondering if it's not too much already :classic:

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Oh, I know. I just recently bought a few (40-ish) 1x8 bricks, and 36 4x12 plates in Light gray off BL.

I know you know... :grin: I just stuck that in for the benefit of other readers...

Altough I have begun to wonder about building walls using the round plates... :wink:

God Bless,

Nathan

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Not really sure what the total value is, but I have spent over $10,000 usd with the loyalty cards alone. I have trouble putting value on some of my collection, because they do not fall into "sets". The oldest item I have is the wooden ferry boat(circa 1947). I do have some odd pieces like I bought a piece of a LEGO factory facade on e-bay a while back. It looks like the top of a stud and is about 2ft X 2ft. How do you put a value on that? I am looking to insure my collection so I have started an inventory, but I am not sure where to find a company to insure me. Any suggestions? If I had to put a number on it, I would have to say atleast $50,000 usd just because of the replacement of some of my rare "pieces".

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I wouldn't value my collection anywhere over $10K USD. That's about the total MSRP of the sets I own, but since I don't have any coveted sets that I know of anyway, and I'm pretty sure most sets don't appreciate in value after being built, used, and abused, the actual number has to be less. I have several MSIB discontinued $100+ sets sitting in the closet that are waiting for me to build, but I can't consider them at MSIB prices because I intend to open them eventually and build them when I get around to it. So the real total value of my sets are probably closer to somewhere between $5K-$7K.

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