No it's dealers Sam that have done that persuading 'non driving collectors' that this is the case.
For the last 7-8 years they were about 15-20k max above standard 993 turbo prices.
It's only last 12 months or so with a few stupid waste of time hardly ever driven models coming to Market at silly prices for silly collectors
IMHO of course
PS My mate had one and I drove it quite a bit. In terms of driving experience on the road or track it's NO different to a 993 turbo at all. The only time you can really tell is when VMaxing it on a runway....it will top out quite a bit higher than a standard.....well maybe up to 10% standard S vs standard turbo