It's all relative, Dan. Different aircraft evoke different emotions in different people. 99 percent of the American public today don't know, or care, about either one of these aircraft, and would say that any of the money devoted to them would be better spent on feeding starving children somewhere.
Personally, I think if the do manage to find the Clipper, they're going to discover that there's not going to be that much left to actually bring back. But it might give us some valuable insight into what's left of a certain Electra we all know and love ...