# Is this thing really worth $300? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 10, 2010, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-thing-really-worth-300/538932 "2010-05-10T17:16:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-thing-really-worth-300/538932/1 "2010-05-10T17:16:29Z")
Did someone for actual reals spend two or three hundred dollars on [this](http://www.findgift.com/gift-ideas/pid-127179/) thing? And then give it to me as a gift? The answer to the second question is “yes.” I’m wondering about the first. Is the website linked to marking the thing up a whole bunch? Or is this really how much this statue is going for? (I looked in vein for another website selling the same statue.) To clarify: It’s a sculpture about a foot high or so depicting Rodin’s _The Thinker_ as the “jack” of a “jack-in-the-box” type setup, with the words “Think Outside The Box” written on the sides of the box. If this thing is really worth a couple of hundred bucks, where can I most likely go to sell it for its full… “value”… Craigslist? Ebay? Some kind of physical shop? Something else? Nothing? ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-thing-really-worth-300/538932/2 "2010-05-10T17:21:42Z")
If money’s not a worry for you, you might find some novelty in it. Sorry, that’s all I have. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-thing-really-worth-300/538932/3 "2010-05-10T17:28:41Z")
> [@Agent\_Foxtrot](#): > > If money’s not a worry for you, you might find some novelty in it. > > Sorry, that’s all I have. I do not get it. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-thing-really-worth-300/538932/4 "2010-05-10T17:29:01Z")
It looks like one of those things that they sell in airline magazines. I always wonder who buys that shit. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-thing-really-worth-300/538932/5 "2010-05-10T17:34:18Z")
Maybe they bought the set of bookends for $189.99 ($94.95 each) and gave you one of them. Sorry your $279 gift just got devalued by 66%. If you bought a house in Arizona 5 years ago, you know how that feels. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-thing-really-worth-300/538932/6 "2010-05-10T17:40:00Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > (I looked in vein for another website selling the same statue.) Next to the needle marks? Is it worth $300? Apparently yes, to some, because your particular item was purchased once and for it to be in actual production would suggest others have been purchased as well. However, I believe the problem you’re going to find is that the pool of buyers likely will be exceedingly small. The dichotomy of the image it presents; the collision between the image of one of the world’s more iconic, powerful sculptures against a cheesy child’s toy and overused cliche. It’s like that [gold plated Porsche](http://www.rhinocarhire.com/Images-(1)/Blog-Images/Porsche/Gold-Plated-Porsche.aspx) or _Ice, Ice Baby_. It’s just awful. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-thing-really-worth-300/538932/7 "2010-05-10T17:46:35Z")
Is it cast bronze? Maybe you could melt it down and get some of the value back that way. And do a valuable service to humanity while you’re at it. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-thing-really-worth-300/538932/8 "2010-05-10T20:54:34Z")
I’ll bet somebody re-gifted it to you. I recommend doing the same. There’s no telling how many times it will be passed along. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-thing-really-worth-300/538932/9 "2010-05-10T20:57:06Z")
Man, I thought this was another Lawrence Taylor thread! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-thing-really-worth-300/538932/10 "2010-05-10T21:00:49Z")
> [@phouka](#): > > Is it cast bronze? Maybe you could melt it down and get some of the value back that way. > > And do a valuable service to humanity while you’re at it. The site describes it as bronzed metal - I’m guessing steel. As for its worth, I might… \*might \*pay $30 for it, but never $300. ---
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-thing-really-worth-300/538932/11 "2010-05-10T21:05:21Z")
I’ll buy that item for $300! I will send you a check for $3000, you take your $300 and… ---
**Author:** ![LurkerInNJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-thing-really-worth-300/538932/12 "2010-05-10T21:10:41Z")
Five seconds on Google shopping and I found it for $71 to $79, and is available in bulk. I’m thinking they paid even less for it. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-thing-really-worth-300/538932/13 "2010-05-10T22:37:08Z")
I would feel pretty damn insulted if someone sent me that – apparently I need a reminder to think better? But it looks like it would would make a pretty decent blunt instrument to beat someone over the head with – if you catch my drift. “Is THIS (thud) thinking outside of the box enough for you, pal? How about THIS (thud)?” ---
**Author:** ![may\_be\_ignorant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c5a1d2/32.png) [@may\_be\_ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/may_be_ignorant)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-thing-really-worth-300/538932/14 "2010-05-10T23:19:22Z")
HAHAHA. The only reason it’s funny is because someone may really take it seriously, or I might buy one myself. For a fraction of price. Like 1/100. Maybe 1/50. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-thing-really-worth-300/538932/15 "2010-05-10T23:23:28Z")
It was clearly designed by literalists. I wouldn’t want to study the Bible with any of them. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-thing-really-worth-300/538932/16 "2010-05-11T00:58:25Z")
> [@LurkerInNJ](#): > > Five seconds on Google shopping and I found it for $71 to $79, and is available in bulk. I’m thinking they paid even less for it. What keywords did you use? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-thing-really-worth-300/538932/17 "2010-05-11T04:38:45Z")
If it were an actual jack in the box, and not just a sculpture, I could see spending $30 on it…