The 4000-5000 series Nikon Coolscans sell for about the same price they did 20 years ago because they still produce excellent scans and there’s nothing quite as good for that $1000-$15000 price out there.

Do you have one? I'd be interested to see some scans.

I paid about $1K for the Minolta too, which if I recall correctly was slightly more than they sold for new.