Left hand hook classics are kind of common here as so expensive to restore Australian stuff. I guess to make sense of it once finished with the 6.4 it would be worth 80-100k where as in the states no where near that.
No kidding! Bazza wants to keep his VG a "driver" for that very reason, I think.
As for what they're worth, in Oz or NZ his VG would easily get 2X anything he could get for it here, so I completely understand where you're coming from there.