I couldn’t tell you, but when I saw the price of the SNES limited edition 3DS I sold mine and bought some really nice CIBs with the return. I don’t regret it at all. Some prices you can’t back away from, this was one of those times for me. Maybe it’ll be worth even more in the future but oh well.
I like the 3DS system and library so I’m not being a downer on it but I feel like the broader game collecting community, particularly Reddit, is looking for that next underdog or unicorn console. The next Sega Saturn (among other examples) - where the console didn’t do well but the library is pretty alright and so the games skyrocket and stay there. They want to get in on whatever that next system is that fulfills that prophecy so they can feel good and be like “Yeah, I did it!”
But like you said, the 3DS did perfectly fine and I don’t think it or any modern library will ever be “the next Sega Saturn.”