Gnat the Beggar wrote:Mars prices appear to be for Mint Copies.
faro wrote:@Mark: That's called rubbing it in (for the third time, I think ). Would be doing pretty well at $1,000 all-in (to buy) but doubt I'd choose to go with eBay (to sell), as a "first choice".
faro wrote:Heh, heh... that would depend rather on where you live. FLGSs close rather more quickly when they sell their copies of Inverness and Tamo at a few bucks each?
deimos3428 wrote:as FLGS owners/patrons tend to know what this stuff is worth.
faro wrote:(Guys, you don't know how lucky you are if you even have a decent second-hand bookstore within a 100-150 mile radius these days...).
faro wrote:Second-hand bookstores close rather more quickly when they sell their copies of Inverness and Tamo at a few bucks each?
Mars wrote:The Toronto FLGS owners don't have much of a clue on what their items are worth either.
faro wrote:Do "Mint" copies actually exist? From what I've seen, 95-98% of sales of the early Dragons have very visible signs of reading and the majority of the rest probably have "faults", too.By comparison, the likes of Strategic Review #3 does actually exist in Mint condition since I still have a "block" of those; but I've seen no such NOS and exceptionally few "well kept" very early Dragons.@Mark: That's called rubbing it in (for the third time, I think ). Would be doing pretty well at $1,000 all-in (to buy) but doubt I'd choose to go with eBay (to sell), as a "first choice".
Mars wrote:Every chance I get I'll post some pictures of a better fun find next week (I think its my best one so far - just waiting for it to arrive).
stratochamp wrote:To me Mint means there could be no other superior copy. There could be other copies that could be it's equal, but none better. My next big project is going to be to go through my collection item by item and grade each one. I'm certain many of my early dragons are in near-mint, I don't know if any could qualify as mint. we'll see...
faro wrote:(Hmm... minty SW'd R3, anyone? Had forgotten I had that... )