On 13/08/2010 09:40, Jim Lesurf wrote:
In article , Chris
Isbell
wrote:
On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:11:19 +0100, David wrote:

Do a search on eBay and once you get to the results page, click on
'Show completed listings' on the left hand frame. That will show you
what the last few actually sold for.

I did that, but no consistent picture emerged.

I suspect that simply shows what you could have predicted. That items like
these are simply 'worth' whatever someone who happens to want one at the
time is willing to pay. Those who paid most simply drop out for later
auctions.

A dealer may be willing to wait and keep the price they are asking until
someone finally comes along who will pay. They have to judge the time they
will wait against how much extra that may give than a quick sale. But
auctions simply find the highest bidder at the time of the auction.

I just sold a pair of cosmetically challenged but excellent sounding ESLs
from 1961 for over £300 on eBay. A fair price during a recession.

Now I can stop extolling their virtues and point out how horribly
directional they are....

--
Eiron.