I can't comment on the parked prices. I can only comment for expired ones.
For 2 different domains I used snapnames.com to pick them up when they expired. I don't remember the first one and how much it finally closed in the auction.
The last one, I got for skogafoss, because she didn't want it to lose the opportunity to get it. I paid $250 for it during the auction. The challenge is that there are companies that just buy registered and then expired domains because they see that there is at least a single demand.
Snapnames auctions aren't like ebay where the last minute losses by sniping. They give the opportunity to everyone because it resets the timer and adds more time if there are last minute bids.
I really should have gotten my last name as a .com but at the time they were too expensive so I ended up settling for a .org which for some reason I actually like better.
good luck!
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