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The thing I've learnt is an asking price on ebay is no measure of an item's value. There's a S/L/D Rivers of London on there for £149, but it doesn't mean it's worth it, as my copy cost £35 in p p. Admittedly mine is only signed, but the premium for L/D doesn't extend that far in my experience.
There's lots of chancers on ebay imho, and I always go to "completed" listings to get a true value of something's worth. I did find it interesting that the Rivers of London didn't sell even at £39 considering what (I think) they're worth. At least I have the set now, maybe I should go read it 
The one I still find interesting is Mark Lawrence. Aside from the odd cheap exception, just signed editions of Prince of Thorns are still going for up to £30 each. Which makes me think that (hopefully) my signed, lined, dated, doodled copy is going to fetch a premium within 12 months, when he brings out the last part of the trilogy
Will also be interesting to see if the big supermarkets run with King of Thorns in paperback (as they did with the first one), as it's things like this (imho) which help to get a book to critical mass. In fact I bought the first one in paperback after seeing it in Tescos
Nothing new for me this week, although in the next few days I'm due to get a big load of first editions coming through:
Justin Cronin - The Twelve (Goldsboro Exclusive Signed and Numbered)
William Horwood - Harvest (Hyddenworld Quarter vol 3)
Mike Oldfield - The Sentinel (Goldsboro book of the month)
Peter F Hamilton - Great North Road
Bernard Cornwell - 1356
C J Sansom - Dominion
Joe Abercrombie - Red Country
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Author: Smurfin
25-11-2019 04:21:49
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