No offense Drac but I completely disagree with 
your comment that, "...I absolutely **DO NOT** 
believe that someone wants something more simply 
because they're willing to pay more for it. 
People can be willing to pay more for something 
for no other reason than they're rolling in more 
money than they know what to do with. End of 
line.", that is a gross generalization and does 
not hold true for all collectors. Some collectors 
can and will go the distance and sometimes get 
into a bidding war and/or offer a higher valued 
item in trade (if necessary) to secure a "item" 
i.e. cel, hanken or original sketch that they 
feel is worth the high price. IMO if an item is 
truly worth a kidney to you and you are willing 
to sell yours for that item, I would definitely 
say that individual who's willing to go to these 
extremes WANTS the item more than anyone else 
(especially if no one else can match the offer). 
True, you as well as other people might not "pay" 
that much and the market itself might not ever 
see that much again for the same item, but just 
b/c you can and do spend a large amount of money 
does NOT mean the individual is rolling in more 
money than they know what to do with. I for one 
don't qualify your classification in terms of 
wealth, but I and many of my friends do spend 
considerable amount of cash on items, almost 
always well beyond what the market demands. Just 
my ten cents... take it or leave it.