DARK SHADOWS FORUMS
Members' Mausoleum => Calendar Events / Announcements Archive => Calendar Events / Announcements '26 I => Calendar Events / Announcements '02 I => Topic started by: Darren Gross on March 25, 2002, 07:38:47 PM
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Is it just me or have people's assumptions about the value of their DS memorabilia gone amok on ebay?
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I keep seeing movie items- such as Japanese programs, stills etc. (as well as other TV show stuff) that have such insane starting bids that I won't even touch them, as much as I'd like to have copies for the collection and for DCP reference... :'(
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Thank God someone finally uncovered the truth about the ebay thing! Thanks Darren! Honestly, i'm quite surprised at times too .. .sheesh!
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Perhaps if they don't get nibbles at their overpriced memorabilia, truth will eventually sink in.
Luciaphil, who is still trying to find a sucker--that is buyer to purchase her comic book collection.
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I look to see what's available on ebay almost every day. I am an avid Dark Shadows collector, and have acquired a lot of items from there. It's easier than lugging a bunch of stuff home from the dealers' rooms at the Dark Shadows Festival, which I have done too, and a lot of items available on ebay are not available in the dealers' rooms. I have never seen them. I have complete sets of all the items I wanted, bubble gum cards, 1897 pinups, comic books, paperbacks, puzzles, games, Viewmaster (with 3 reels & booklet), and I have seen these items sell for a lot more than I paid for them, so I think I got good deals. Darren mentioned movie items, I have a complete set of "House of Dark Shadows" lobby cards from France still in their original envelopes, and a poster from Italy. Those were pricey, but then I would expect that for foreign items. I have also acquired some rare and almost impossible to find autographs, some of them of deceased actors. You really can't put a price on those. The Dark Shadows Collectibles Book states basically, a collectible is worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it. It also lists value estimates based on what the items have sold for at auctions and at the Dark Shadows Festival dealers' rooms in the past several years. Prices are for items in mint condition. This is a good book to read to get an idea of prices on memorabilia. Another book I have is called, A Guide To Collecting "Dark Shadows" Memorabilia. I do think $300 for Josette's Music Box, and $170 for a Magic Slate is way too much for those items. I have seen them going for that on ebay. Based on my knowledge of price ranges of Dark Shadows items, I know a good deal when I see one.
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Isn't that the truth! I'm amazed at what some of the DS things go for on ebay. I check in almost daily as I'm looking for a few DS books that are still eluding me because I just refuse to pay $30.00 and up for a .50 cent book that is 30 years old. I've been fortunate enough to get some good deals on ebay and other on line book stores as well as the festivals!
*However, recently a set of the comics went for hundreds of dollars and a mint DS board game went for about $200.00 I think. Crazy!
Well, it keeps me from collecting everything!
HobbiesDS
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What's so frustrating is that the people that are selling items for crazy starting bids tend not to repost them at lower prices later on. They just..disappear. Most of these things I'd go for if the price was right. I'd spend about $100 or so for that HODS Japanese program but $250 starting bid? C'mon! And 7 NODS stills for $140? I've seen an entire set go for that!