About pre patch uniques

[Stash]

I was reading some old threads here and got interested about these.. " pre-patch " uniques

Supposedly id have an 1.08 arreat in my mule.. ( on 1.08 patch )
Quit diablo.. And start playing again @ 1.11.. And i start downloading 1.11 patch

When i log in with the mule.. Is the arreat still there? or has anything happened to it?

ok so.. What happens to an 08 item when patch changes?
does its stats change? or what.. .. Im interested..

Because these items are rare. Are they not?

[krischan]

You won't lose your 1.08 items, they will remain unchanged. Of course, if they are dupes, they might get deleted on bnet.

Please don't forget that 1.08 items are not allowed to be traded here because many of them are duped heavily. Doing it anyway leads to a permanent ban. Asking about their value isn't allowed here either.

[Stash]

Why there are so few of them?

One of my theory's are that the originals got poofed aswell along the dupes? right?

Correct me please t.t

EDIT: Okay thank you both. I got the idea

[Andymc]

Well, they can only disappear (get dropped, lose durability, poof, char expires, etc) but no new ones are coming in, therefore the total number is constantly decreasing.