More like a limited amount of orders, I would think. In Falloon’s book, for 2002, I see production runs as follow: 998 monoposto yellow: - Europe: 11 - US: 75 - Japan: 10 998S monoposto yellow: - Europe: 1 - Japan: 29 It seems red was a lot more popular on bigger bikes. Australian customers were not impressed, it seems.
Hmmm, it think the special ones are already collectible (sp/sps/R) but I see the 998s also rising in price. A MY02 998S in good condition is fairly pricey at least there asking price is.
Extreme Trading claim to have one for sale but it looks like it was a biposto https://www.classicandrare.co.uk/product/ducati-998-monoposto/