Posted by John Robinson on July 01, 1999 at 19:57:04:
In Reply to: Re: Dark Side of the Moon - Scarce? posted by Chris Ryan on July 01, 1999 at 11:29:33:
Chris,
This is a different John (Robinson). I made an earlier post about this about a newbie on ebay paying very high prices for Vance. His first feedback is only a month or so ago as I recall. Actually there seem to be two new guys who are bidding each other up. Besides Dark Side of the Moon, this person paid very high prices for a couple of other Vance books. I know cause I was bidding on them too!! Several people have commented on the high prices recently but I guess that's what a free market is all about. And God knows I've paid more than I should have for more than one Vance auction on Ebay :)
John
: John -
: I was the person who sold the copy you are talking about, and I was very appreciative of the bid :) I was, however, very surprised that it went that high (although Jerry Hewett told me it would probably go over $200).
: I have gotten a lot of requests from Vance fans who are trying to find a copy of this book, particularly from outside the US, and I don't see it offered for sale very often. I know that it is scarce, but I haven't a clue as to why. The print run wasn't any smaller than usual for U/M offerings.
: If anybody else has any speculation for why it's so scarce, I would be interested in hearing it.
: BTW - Nick, eBay is one of the larger on-line auction operations, and I've found, to my wife's dismay, that it is also a very good way to get rid of a lot of otherwise useless cash :)