When a statue breaks....

... does it lose it's a value rapidly. For instance if it has a minor crack or something snaps off? The reason I ask is I recently broke the lightsaber of my PF Darth Vader (one of my favorite pieces) while dusting.

It is gonna affect it value no doubt. The seriousness of the damage and relative ease of repair are all factors as well.

A head breaking off versus a finger is gonna greatly affect the value.

MeguiarsEM said:

... does it lose it's a value rapidly. For instance if it has a minor crack or something snaps off?

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I never understood this in collecting. Why buy for value? It is already opened if you know it's broke so there goes the value right there. Honestly at the end of the day who cares? Enjoy it!

check this one ...https://cgi.ebay.com/sideshow-iron-...goryZ348QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
for a broken finger i think the price is too high.maybe it depends the statue and the general interest about it.

It's almost impossible to gauge value objectively, when everyone has different tolerances for what is acceptable damage. As long as you document the damage honestly when selling it, you'll have no problem getting some if not most of your money back.

Scars add character.. and as BadMoon said, enjoy what you have, not what you've "lost."

Amanaman said:

Scars add character.. and as BadMoon said, enjoy what you have, not what you've "lost."

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I have herpes, it is very hard to enjoy it.

BadMoon said:

I never understood this in collecting. Why buy for value? It is already opened if you know it's broke so there goes the value right there. Honestly at the end of the day who cares? Enjoy it!

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I agree. Buy for enjoyment, not value. If I may elaborate a bit, what I don't understand is why would anyone buy a statue in a never-opened box? How do you know it's not broken inside the box? Hec, how do you know if it's even in the box?! A while ago I got an email from a customer who wanted to know if a statue he was interested was ever opened. It was a Sideshow statue and I told him that Sideshow strongly suggests that you immediately open and inspect the statue for any damage. They give you 90 days to return it if it's damaged. He tells me since it's been opened can I give him a discount. I told him the statue was only open for inspection, nothing else. Wouldn't he want to know the condition of the statue he's about to purchase? I also asked if he had any plans of displaying the statue out of the box. Unfortunately, he never responded.

Eric

Sorry Dannie, I just really didnt like Mexicans back then. It will never happen again!

King Darkness said:

Sorry Dannie, I just really didnt like Mexicans back then. It will never happen again!

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You gotta love the rice.

DannieDarKo said:

When I was a kid some punk tied my shoelaces together and I lost the ability to walk. Although it was temporary......it was a horrible experience and I was never the same again.

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SAD!!!!!!!

DannieDarKo said:

When I was a kid some punk tied my shoelaces together and I lost the ability to walk. Although it was temporary......it was a horrible experience and I was never the same again.

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Did you get them untied yet?

King Darkness said:

I have herpes, it is very hard to enjoy it.

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Did you enjoy getting the Herpes ? could be the silver lining your looking for ?

Mooncat said:

Did you enjoy getting the Herpes ? could be the silver lining your looking for ?

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dannie had to repay king somehow for that shoelace fiasco.

tylerd said:

dannie had to repay king somehow for that shoelace fiasco.

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That he did.....that he did .

I don't ever plan on selling the piece, it's just that I'm a mint condition collector, I really can't stand having a statue with any type of defect. The saber broke of clean at the base and was glued back together. You can't even tell it broke unless I told you. I'm kicking myself for this, HARD.

Amanaman said:

It's almost impossible to gauge value objectively, when everyone has different tolerances for what is acceptable damage. As long as you document the damage honestly when selling it, you'll have no problem getting some if not most of your money back.

Scars add character.. and as BadMoon said, enjoy what you have, not what you've "lost."

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Doesn't Sideshow have an exchange policy?

The piece is a few years old. I just got off the phone with them, they have no replacement parts for the piece.

Amanaman said:

Doesn't Sideshow have an exchange policy?

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Honestly broken bits are just a part of being a collector. No matter how careful you are sometimes things get bumped, or take a fall. Sounds like yours is a clean and pretty minor break.

And if you were to sell it, being honest about the damage, you would loose some value... but probably not more than 10-15%. I recently sold a statue with damage (was very open about it) and it sold for $135, when sealed version sold for $160 a week earlier.