I am not so sure, there is a big price shift going on in the secondary market. People are refusing to pay what they once did for the high price statues - anything above $300, more obvious for anything above $500. I think one of the factors are the massive amount of new pieces coming into play from sideshow, the statue market can only sustain so much before cracks begin to show & people are forced to sell their old statues to get the new ones (who would not get the batman/superman pf etc..?).
So in essence sideshow is soaking up the cash flow from this market with their massive 4000+ ES for the new popular pieces, creating a double whammy where there is significantly less money available for the secondary market while its inventory continue to raise as people try to dump their old stuff to raise money for the new.
Even averone is selling some of his statues now for chrissake...
This is all great for late joiners like myself(at least in the short term) as I am able to pickup the old pieces at insane price left & right... I dont think we will ever reach 4 figures for those new "grails" ie: vamp pf, skaar pf, joker pf etc.. like the old pieces did...at least not for many years until inflation makes it happen.