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Valuation Needed: Collection of ten 1950's and 1960's Tintin books

dannydavies
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#1 · Posted: 5 Jun 2011 18:09
Hallo, could anyone give me some advice?

I am selling 10 books on eBay - [Expired link removed]
I was wondering what is a reasonable price?
They have the red cloth spines and are in very good condition, with just two marks where my uncle wrote his name as a child in two of the books when he first got them. I have had them for 30 years.

Someone has offered £150 as a "buy it now" price - not sure if that's a good offer?
jock123
Moderator
#2 · Posted: 5 Jun 2011 20:12
Hi Danny!
Depends which way one is looking... It'd be a great bargain for the buyer, but you'd probably be selling yourself quite short!
£150 is about the cost of buying these titles today, brand new - so you can expect to get more for your ones as collector's pieces.

I'd suggest you think of £30 a title as a reasonable figure for any of these books individually.
If they are in very good condition, you could get more
There could be a preference for some titles over others, so you might see £25-28 for one, but £45 or even £60 for another (the film book in good condition, for example, would probably sit at the higher end).
£30 is a good average.

It might be harder to get £300 for a collection like this, as that might start to stretch the pockets, but it isn't impossible by any means, and you might get over that.

So personally I wouldn't take that offer! :-)

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