Yah....I'm going to say that it depends. I'll take up the bicycle example. I built my bike while a bike mechanic and road racer back in 1974. I bought a Colin Laing frame (Reynolds 531 double butted throughout, campy ends), transferred all the campy parts from my Raleigh International, added whatever wasn't Campy (brakes, upgraded pedals to super record, which had just come out, headset), built a set of race wheels (hi-e hubs, fiami rims, silk tires). When complete, it was the best of the time. I seem to remember I spent about $700 on it. Even the seat tube bolt was titanium and the bottom bracket was one of the very first TTT titanium ones. Well fast forward through riding state Junior championships, college teams, club racing, just commuting to grad school and I realize I just don't ride it anymore at all. Any bike rides, I take the mountain bike. Too many 16 year old girls LOL'ing on their phones while driving Wranglers just about over me. I put it up for sale. It takes a solid 2 years for me to finally sell it for $350. And that's more than 40 years after spending twice that. So in this case, high quality didn't cut it. It did not hold its value.