To Limit or not to Limit
Just to put the various options into a clearer perspective.
As oakdragon correctly indicated. The special edition version of the Gilded was limited to 200. As with other decks, prints etc, beyond any aesthetic value to the reader or collector, the relative "value" is presumably influenced in their mind by the limited number available.
The standard version of the Gilded published by Llewellyn was on the other hand produced in much larger and unlimited numbers. When decks go out of print, its obviously because the first print run sold out, but also because the publishers nevertheless don't feel comfortable that any further sales would be sufficient to justify the expence of a second run. I'm surprised to say that the Gilded is now in its fourth printing in less than nine months. (I had no idea how many tarot enthusiasts there were out there). That clearly is an example of an unlimited product.
The Tarot of Dreams falls in the middle, its not a hand made deck as in the Gilded LE, it was commercially printed. However I've still tried to maintain some elements of a customised deck. I used a local printer as opposed to the ones who produce the majority of decks for the main publishers, allowing me to break out of the standard format of size and proportion. Better control of quality, and I signed and numbered each deck. The quanities produced were in the hundreds, not thousands. Nevertheless it is not a Limited deck. Namely, in the event that it sold out, just as in the case of the standard Gilded, I could consider producing more, depending on the percieved market or lack thereof. Obviously one has to have a reality check. Wether its percieved to be worth it or not, any un limited tarot package selling for three to four time an average deck is'nt going to be justifiable to many people. That was the inherent risk in producing this deck in the way and with the content I wanted, and also why it would have been rejected by the main publishers.