Hardy Boys FE $9100 and climbing on eBay!

RF wrote:
> On Jan 14, 8:55 pm, C....RemoveThis@carlritner.com wrote:
>
>> Well, there exists jackets like this, with fewer X-Bar X Boys titles
>> on the back, and fewer Tom Swift titles on the reverse. That's fairly
>> demonstrative that this is not a 1st jacket, and the seller appears to
>> agree. That doesn't necessarily make a 2nd jacket worth more or less,
>> just newer.
>
> The way that the books were assembled make it possible for a second
> state DJ to be on a 1st state book.
> If the bindery had some 1st state books left over after the initial
> order was filled, they would have been saved.
> When the next order came in they could be mated with 2nd state DJs and
> used to fill the order.
> Similarly a 2nd state book could easily have been mated with a 1st
> state DJ.

Obviously true on the muling. But let's face it. Looking at it from a
collector standpoint, it doesn't really matter if the book was produced
that way in 1932. A collector wanting the first printing in the first
dust jacket would certainly not want that particular copy.

As far as dropoff in value from the first/first, I believe at least
90% for that second of the jacket is reasonable. In addition to Carl's
notes, you'll note that the ink on the reverse / G&D series side is
black on the copy sold, while it's green on the earlier jacket. This is
a switch made in mid 1932.

I certainly believe that the seller made absolutely no attempt to
deceive, and that the buyer knew what he was getting. If so, I'll
probably have to raise the value of the 1st/1st to 100 large.

But that's not going to happen...

Tony

On Jan 15, 7:28 pm, Mary Carpentieri <chry....TakeThisOut@comcast.net> wrote:

>    Obviously true on the muling. But let's face it. Looking at it from a
> collector standpoint, it doesn't really matter if the book was produced
> that way in 1932. A collector wanting the first printing in the first
> dust jacket would certainly not want that particular copy.

Well, with all due respect, somebody thought enough of that edition to
pony up over 10 grand for it.

>    As far as dropoff in value from the first/first, I believe at least
> 90% for that second of the jacket is reasonable. In addition to Carl's
> notes, you'll note that the ink on the reverse / G&D series side is
> black on the copy sold, while it's green on the earlier jacket. This is
> a switch made in mid 1932.

Granting that what you say is true, I believe that you have
overestimated the dropoff.

>    I certainly  believe that the seller made absolutely no attempt to
> deceive, and that the buyer knew what he was getting. If so, I'll
> probably have to raise the value of the 1st/1st to 100 large.

I thought the marketplace set the value of the books.
As Fredworth pointed out many years ago, a problem with price guides
is that they become prescriptive rather than descriptive.