Trends in value of vintage / used audio equipment?

what's this meter craze? 

My impression is that fancy  item vintage prices were outrageously way up in recent years in many cases but that limited market has settled and prices have come back to earth somewhat of late.

@mahgister "I installed VU meter on my wife head and she look beautiful but it does not improved the sound ..." Maybe not a Groucho quote, but made me laugh!

 my vintage setup has meters. 

Part of my day is searching the web for cool vintage gear. Search a few sites and a few manufactures. Sansui, Marantz, Mcintosh, Klipsch, Accuphase, Luxman, and a couple others. 

Inventory has definitely gone down in the last 6 months. Prices have stabilized. There are still some asking stupid prices, but they just sit forever. Right now I'm watching a Sansui G33000 for sale at $15,000!! Yes, it's a great unit, but not at 15k, maybe $5k?

Same for speakers, there are several Klipsch K-Horns for sale, from $3000-10,000 these are vintage ones, not the new stuff. 

Also find some things are getting harder to find. Been looking for some Marantz separates, they have almost all disappeared. 

Mcintosh stuff appears to sell quickly, prices vary but not as much as other brands. Been beat out on a few pieces. Every once in a while there is some trashed Mac gear with broken knobs, faceplates that look like they were removed from a sunken ship. They make me chuckle. 

If Nelson Pass puts a meter on his amps, that's good enough for me!  Of course, not on the First Watts!