When bump stocks made their appearance on the market, people suggested that they might cause a drop in the value of registered transferrable machine guns. That didn’t happen, largely because bump stocks were tricky to use well, and fairly limited in application. The growing availability and popularity of FRTs raises the same question again. If a cheap FRT and generic AR can get you the same thing as a transferrable MG worth as much as a new car, why would anyone choose the transferrable? Well, we can see that people still are making that choice, for better or worse.
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The unicorn collectables will never go down in price. These appeal to those folks that have more money than sense and want to brag about it. I think this is why the only two legal drop in auto sears in the world brought such high prices. Removing all restrictions will not have an effect of the prices of the collectables because of bloated egos.
I agree that FRTs will not lower the price of full auto firearms since their full legality is still uncertain. Prices will stay high on run-of-the-mill full autos until the NFA is totally gone. This does take in the reality of the current existence of FRTs.
If the NFA ever totally goes away, the prices will drop as there will be more full auto firearms that will be made/imported. I think most shooters will go with the new manufactured pieces, for reliability and ease of repair considerations. Most shooter want something they can trust to shoot rather than to have something to brag about.