Posted by Tim Stretton on July 06, 1999 at 00:07:18:
In Reply to: Re: High prices on eBay posted by John Robinson on July 05, 1999 at 18:12:00:
Anyone bidding $300 needs their bumps feeling. ABE has several copies at well under that, including one at $175; all seem to be in decent enough condition. Even at $175 you would have to want the book *very* badly and have a wad of surplus cash; but to pay $300 when you could get if for almost half the price...such a character would be milked to the point of destitution in any Vance novel.
Tim.
: Terry,
: Check again. Seller got a $300 bid on June 29th. No one else bid. It would have been interesting to see how high the bidder was willing to go but I sure wasn't gonna top 300 just out of curiosity's sake.
: John
: : One might note that the _VotV_ is *still* has not sold at $300 and I predict that it will remain unsold. It's a tad overpriced as the seller virtually admits, but it *is* a scarce item. I bought a copy w/o cover a year ago or so for $20-30 and felt very lucky at the time.