...you are really paying for quality wood (perhaps aaa grade), pick-of-the-parts, better finishing, and maybe some hand inspections...purely aestetics, imho...
...is it worth it?...well, people pay $5k-25k for dakotas, rigbys, hollands, etc...they also pay $100k+ for a super saloon...are they better than m70/700/77s or a pickup?...no, not really from a purely functional basis...but that's our economic system...
