"Jim" <jmelsna.RemoveThis@peoplepc.com> wrote in message
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> You can also check bookfinder.com or eBay, and see what
> other copies are going for...
"going for" implies they are going....like out the door. If you check
"what they're going for on eBay" like the thrift stores do, you'll see some
high prices....but unless you check closed auctions and know what *really*
sold, all you see are someone's "price guide" research.
Before I answered, I did check addall.com/used/ and eBay.
I saw stagnation.
For instance, there are 56 listings of 1950s editions of Hendy's "London
National
Gallery" for between $2.20 and $299.57.
http://snurl.com/1qia8
This is a case of sellers just throwing a price on something, and seeing if
they get a bite. Unfortunately, whoever listed theirs at 299.57 didn't
check the competition. There's no record of these being wanted or sold
at auction. But they're "going for $299.57".
There's none at all on eBay, singly....but there's all kinds of editions
there, listed at 9 for $12, etc.
eBay, though, does have some action we can check:
5 unsold copies of 1950s editions of the Fox "Louvre" book, ranging from
$5.25 to $45. They're in eBay stores, and could have been there for years.
eBay also has 6 closed listings for the same/similar book, and ONE (1951
edition) sold. For $2.25.
That's what I based my previously reply on. He didn't want analysis. He
wanted a quick answer, which he got.
UNLESS, of course, the OP thinks it's worthwhile to go to the trouble of
creating (and paying for) an eBay listing, for $2.25 gross.
>> Stay informed about: How much would be reasonable to ask for these art books? 
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