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What's the market these days for NOS 70's/80's cartridges and/or tonearms?

I've noticed the market has seemed to change with respect to a lot of vintage gear.  However, it used to be that certain vintage gear, especially if NOS, such as the Pickering, Shure, Stanton cart's and perhaps SME tonearms never went down.  I'm getting some indication that this may no longer be the case?   Yet, recent searches hasn't turned up any useful data.  Any ideas on market or sources to determine the market?
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best-groove
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I have 3 Technics Epa 250 NOS rods never opened in their unopened packaging; I bought them many years ago from a shopkeeper who closed his shop at a ridiculously low price.

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I think that in a little while I could get a great deal .... but the whole market is really crazy, it’s not worth buying anything or a few vintage products anymore; the market is drugged and drunk!
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best-groove
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Keep your fairy tales about superiority of modern high-end gear for those who prefer digital, this is the only field where progress is so obvious.
Maybe....there would also be discussion in this field; several audiophiles in the world after trying the best of today's digital are looking for the top converters of the 90s that in their opinion sound better. A return to the origins.
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