i say paint colors are gonna be a big deal. i've seen a lot of watanabes with insane flourescent fades and stuff. exotic and obnoxious looking frames in 53-6 or so seem to fetch the most on ebay. i mean, yeah, there's a lot of frames out there, but just not that many of them are hot-pink, 54 cm kalavinkas, you know? seriously it makes me wanna f**king vomit and die just thinking about it how everything is not a hot-pink kalavinka. uhhh, anyway... if we're talking about real custom frames, color and size, with quality lugwork and tubing, and beautiful psychedelic watanabe decals - i'd say anything under $1000 is a good deal. maybe i'm a jaded hipster though. but look at how much people pay for vanilla, coast, moyer, etc...