12 Jan, 2015
2015-1-12 3:30:20 AM UTC
Hi
Can anyone help? I own one of the above pieces (No 25/500). I am trying to get a valuation, but seem to be getting mixed price. Can anyone point me in the right direction or give me any advice. I have the original box and the certificate of authenticity which is in a pewter frame.
Thanks.
Kim
12 Jan, 2015
2015-1-12 5:32:18 AM UTC
Your best bet may be to keep an eye on eBay and see what the selling price (not asking price!) is when these come up. "Manufactured Collectables" are notoriously fickle when it comes to pricing, unfortunately.
Looks like the original RRP was $699.
One sold for 170 pounds at auction here:
http://www.staceyauction.com/Auction-Detail_63568Another one sold for 425 pounds here:
eBay Item #291291242716And there is one currently on eBay with a BIN of 590 pounds.
I would guess that the somewhere between 170 pounds and 425 pounds is closer to the mark than the 590 pounds, as collectables rarely hold their value (in my experience), and 500 units is quite a lot of them. At the end of the day the value on any given day is what someone happens to want to pay for it at that instant in time. With books, it can vary wildly for the same title. What sells for price X one day will sell for double (or half) the next day, with no logic as to why.
Someone else may have a better idea of price, but I think most people here are probably primarily collectors of printed materials, more than anything.
12 Jan, 2015
2015-1-12 7:26:53 PM UTC
Hi
Thanks for the reply. I understand what you are saying and that if I did sell it I suppose people on the day will pay what they want. I think the best thing for me to do is insure it for what I paid for it 10 years ago.
Cheers
12 Jan, 2015
2015-1-12 8:15:50 PM UTC
Kim Breen wrote:
Hi
Thanks for the reply. I understand what you are saying and that if I did sell it I suppose people on the day will pay what they want. I think the best thing for me to do is insure it for what I paid for it 10 years ago.
Cheers
If you are looking at insurance value, you are probably better valuing at the top end of the range (depending to some degree, as to whether you would actually replace it in the case of a loss, and what the cost of the insurance premium is).