Set 40497
Halloween Owl
Retired Nov 2022Retail price$14.99What LEGO charged
Worth now$19.42Based on 26 recent sealed sales
Asking now$28.00Typical price on 41 eBay listings
vs retail+30%Worth more than it cost
Holding value
30% above its $15 retail price. Steady rather than spectacular.
How much is LEGO 40497 Halloween Owl worth?
LEGO 40497 Halloween Owl is worth about $19.42 sealed right now, based on 26 recent sealed sales. That's 30% above its $14.99 retail price. It came out in 2021 with 228 pieces. It was retired in Nov 2022. Over the last 82 days its typical asking price has risen 8%, from $25.99 to $28.00. We last checked it 8 days ago.
Price history
Value history
Oct 18$2841 listings
- Lowest
- $25
- Highest
- $29
- Change
- +8%
- Asking vs retail
- +87%
26 observations · median asking · rechecked 8× daily
Should you buy it?
Sellers want $28, but it’s actually been going for $19. Offer low.
If you bought it to resell
Sells sealed for$19
Marketplace fees · 15.25%−$3
Payment processing · 2.9% + $0.30−$1
Shipping · est. from 228 pieces−$9
Reaches you$6
Pay no more than$5
For a 30% return at your costs. Change them and every figure on the site follows.
What it actually sold for
Sealed
$19
26 sold in six months · $16–$34Used
$13
3 sold in six monthsSellers are asking 44% more than buyers actually paid. The $28 figure above is a ceiling; this is the floor to negotiate toward.
Completed BrickLink transactions over the last six months. Real sales, not asking prices.
Set details
- Set number
- 40497
- Theme
- Seasonal · Halloween
- Released
- 2021
- Status
- Retired Nov 2022
- Pieces
- 228
- Minifigures
- —
- Retail price
- $14.99
- Value per piece
- $0.123
- Price confidence
- high · 41 listings
- Last checked
- 8 days ago
Where these numbers come from
eBay41 live listingsThe asking price here — the median of what sellers want right now, $28. Last checked Oct 18.See the listings →BrickLink26 completed salesWhat it actually sold for — $19 across six months of real transactions. Last checked Oct 21.Open the price guide →Catalogue228 piecesPiece counts, minifigures, release year and retail price come from Rebrickable and Brickset. Retail was $15.See the catalogue entry →
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How to read this. The value is the median of live sealed listings, after removing instructions, empty boxes, used sets, multi-set lots and implausible outliers. Real sale prices usually land below asking, so the buy-below figure is deliberately the conservative end of the range.
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