1) I paid $4800 USD shipped for my MM (from Germany, came to the US on Lufthansa)
2) Dunno. Not buying any pins right now, actually trying to *sell* a few, until I get a job somewhere. Even then, I may downsize a bit to bank some more $$, job market in the US kinda sucks, and I'd rather sacrifice part of my collection now and be able to rebuild it later.