The LP12 auction win was a fluke. The guy listed it as an older LP12 and many new parts but did not list all of the stuff in the box. I really looked in detail at the photos in the auction and it had a new Linn motor, new Linn tonearm cable, New Songbird HO MC cartridge, new (beautiful) plinth, the Linto phono stage, and the old Shure V15 type V. I sold the Sumiko Songbird and was going to sell the Linto and essentially get back what I paid for the bundle. However - if you look at it, I still went down the rabbit hole.
There is the old audiophile adage that turntable components should each cost a similar amount. In soft dollars - the table was 1200, the new cart was 800, the newish tonearm was 1200, and the Linto original value was 1500. I am still in it for 2.4k. Down the hole we go. Fortunately got 600 for the Songbird and the Linto came in the box. If you add up all of the parts that were in the box it would have been another grand.