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Value of UK first of "The Last Coyote" and other Connellys
Thank you for the 2 thoughtful answers to my previous post re values
of firsts, eBay, dealers. Now I have a specific example to discuss. I have a VF UK first copy of Michael Connelly's "The Last Coyote". I asked a local in town dealer about its possible worth and he said he wouldn't go out of his way to acquire one, and, if he did have one, he would list it for $60 or so. This seems to contradict the listed current prices of some of the earlier Connelly books and in fact Black Ice and BlackEcho do seem to command a good price. BUT, I couldn't for months find a listing on any book search for the UK Last Coyote first. When I finally did find one, it was listed at over $2500!! and not even VF with a couple of minor flaws stated. So I guess my questions are; why do two apparently knowledgeable dealers have such wildly different estimates of this books value and,secondly, what is its likely value? Again I ask for indulgence if this is OT! -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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Value of UK first of "The Last Coyote" and other Connellys
"Booked" wrote in message news Thank you for the 2 thoughtful answers to my previous post re values of firsts, eBay, dealers. Now I have a specific example to discuss. I have a VF UK first copy of Michael Connelly's "The Last Coyote". I asked a local in town dealer about its possible worth and he said he wouldn't go out of his way to acquire one, and, if he did have one, he would list it for $60 or so. This seems to contradict the listed current prices of some of the earlier Connelly books and in fact Black Ice and BlackEcho do seem to command a good price. BUT, I couldn't for months find a listing on any book search for the UK Last Coyote first. When I finally did find one, it was listed at over $2500!! and not even VF with a couple of minor flaws stated. So I guess my questions are; why do two apparently knowledgeable dealers have such wildly different estimates of this books value and,secondly, what is its likely value? Again I ask for indulgence if this is OT! -- It's not off topic. This is a collector's group, and prices paid by dealers and to dealers are always interesting. I'll just tell you as a some-time dealer that I LOVE to find books where I can find no corresponding entry on line. When I went to the Antiquarian Book Market seminar last year one of the seasoned dealers said he tried to have the only copy, or at least the only one of two or three copies, available for everything he sold. And your instincts are exactly right as far as looking for other works by the same author as a guide to pricing your title. However, you should be aware that sometimes an author's the first book or two are much scarcer, and therefore priced higher than subsequent works because publishers invest in fewer copies from an "unknown quantity." As to why the first dealer estimated the value so much lower than the copy you found on line, there could be any number of reasons. Without doing any reasearch on the title, he may have recognized it as coming fourth in the series (the two books you cited were the first and second in the series). As fourth in the series, it would be a good bet that there were lots of copies printed, since the author would have become recognized as a good seller by that time. Also, it was a UK edition, and the author is American. That's a clue that it's probably not the "true first", and in fact, the UK edition was preceded by the US LIttle, Brown edition. If I had that book and were trying to price it, I would be very, very suspicious of the $2,500 price. The listing dealer probably forgot to put in his decimal, and it should have been $25.00. I found two UK firsts (1995, Orion), one in Germany "as new" priced at $15.45 and one in the UK, VG, at $30.99. Meanwhile, ABE shows 50+ US firsts (the "true first"), ranging in price from $25.00 (VG/VG) to $95.00 for the highest price book available in the US. Since you are interested in pricing, you might find ABE useful and interesting. Here's the link: http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchEntry Alice Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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Value of UK first of "The Last Coyote" and other Connellys
my-wings wrote:
"Booked" wrote in message news Thank you for the 2 thoughtful answers to my previous post re values of firsts, eBay, dealers. Now I have a specific example to discuss. I have a VF UK first copy of Michael Connelly's "The Last Coyote". I asked a local in town dealer about its possible worth and he said he wouldn't go out of his way to acquire one, and, if he did have one, he would list it for $60 or so. This seems to contradict the listed current prices of some of the earlier Connelly books and in fact Black Ice and BlackEcho do seem to command a good price. BUT, I couldn't for months find a listing on any book search for the UK Last Coyote first. When I finally did find one, it was listed at over $2500!! and not even VF with a couple of minor flaws stated. So I guess my questions are; why do two apparently knowledgeable dealers have such wildly different estimates of this books value and,secondly, what is its likely value? Again I ask for indulgence if this is OT! -- It's not off topic. This is a collector's group, and prices paid by dealers and to dealers are always interesting. I'll just tell you as a some-time dealer that I LOVE to find books where I can find no corresponding entry on line. When I went to the Antiquarian Book Market seminar last year one of the seasoned dealers said he tried to have the only copy, or at least the only one of two or three copies, available for everything he sold. And your instincts are exactly right as far as looking for other works by the same author as a guide to pricing your title. However, you should be aware that sometimes an author's the first book or two are much scarcer, and therefore priced higher than subsequent works because publishers invest in fewer copies from an "unknown quantity." As to why the first dealer estimated the value so much lower than the copy you found on line, there could be any number of reasons. Without doing any reasearch on the title, he may have recognized it as coming fourth in the series (the two books you cited were the first and second in the series). As fourth in the series, it would be a good bet that there were lots of copies printed, since the author would have become recognized as a good seller by that time. Also, it was a UK edition, and the author is American. That's a clue that it's probably not the "true first", and in fact, the UK edition was preceded by the US LIttle, Brown edition. If I had that book and were trying to price it, I would be very, very suspicious of the $2,500 price. The listing dealer probably forgot to put in his decimal, and it should have been $25.00. I found two UK firsts (1995, Orion), one in Germany "as new" priced at $15.45 and one in the UK, VG, at $30.99. Meanwhile, ABE shows 50+ US firsts (the "true first"), ranging in price from $25.00 (VG/VG) to $95.00 for the highest price book available in the US. Since you are interested in pricing, you might find ABE useful and interesting. Here's the link: http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchEntry Alice Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com In addition, the copy that lists for $2,500 says it is signed. But US signed firsts of this book go for a lot less - below $100, so I doubt that the signature makes it worth anywhere near that much. Francis A. Miniter |
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