There is always someone with more money than common sense who thinks high dollar = perfection. Sometimes it is true, many times false values are attributed to "classics". A classic telescope still does the same thing a $50 Aldi scope does...a Nikon/Zeiss/Tak/AP can't change the laws of physics or alter seeing.
I spoke to 3 US collectors once when I was seriously considering importing a Nikon from Japan. They told me that the optics were good, but not as good as the hype/hyperbole would suggest. "Merely" Tak good and nothing better.
Heck, that Nikon is not even a fluorite
(yeah, my fluorite obsession jokes...)