More Rare Than I Thought?

First off, I’d like to start this out by saying I’m new here, so hello everyone! And also by saying I’m new to the bass community all together. I’m a huge gearhead (have always been. I played guitar for many years and am now stepping into the bass world).
I acquired a Squier Jazz Bass for an Epiphone Wildkat last fall, played the piss out that, won a contest, and used that money to upgrade my bass. I went to my local music store and decided what to buy. I had $2000, so nothing was truly out of question. The store is a Fender dealer, so I saw mainly Jazz and Percision Basses with a couple Jaguars mixed in... LOTS of MIMs... then the American Professionals and high end models... and then, I saw The One... hanging in the corner among the Americans, was a candy apple red Jazz Bass with block inlays, painted headstock, pickup and bridge covers... I grabbed it off the wall out and looked at the tag. ‘Used Fender Special Edition Jazz Bass - Hard Case Included - All Original Case Candy - $1449.99’. It had some dings and scratches around the edges, but nothing serious. I flip it over to check out the back. Engraved right on the neck plate: “50th Anniversary”.
I didn’t even plug it in (kind of stupid, but oh well!) and brought it over to the counter and purchased it.
Once I got it home, I dug into the case candy and the first thing I read was the pamphlet describing the model, the 50th Anniversary Jazz Bass. I knew what I had just bought was limited edition and ‘rare’ since I was unable to come across any others for sale online, but just HOW rare is this bass? And what’s its worth nowadays?

 

Thanks! I don’t plan to move it anytime soon, but perhaps down the road if the value is there!

 

Thanks man!

 

My God...

 

I see that his is in a bit better shape than mine as well, but if that’s what they’re going for only 9 years after they were introduced... imagine what the future may bring...

 

Ahhh gotcha... thanks for the heads up!

 

Thanks for that info! That was the only problem with the one listed for $5000 on Reverb. I may just keep it in the case while not using it!

 

I’ll definitely look into that when I get home later! Never even thought to look! Shows my intelligence!