I'm pretty sure that $561 was a record price for that kit. Nice kit for sure, but I have the earlier Uprated 1-B with the outer box in great shape, all bags sealed, fantastic early checkerboards with the stylized spaceship centre, and the original shredded newspaper packing material all in mint condition. Didn't think it was worth that much.

Thought about piecing together the shredded scraps of the Denver Post to see what was going on out there back in 1967 or so, but haven't gotten around to it yet..........

Joe