I Need Advice On A Scott#1

OK I have a chance to buy this Scott#1 for $150.00 (USD) What do you think? Is it worth it?

grab hold of Russ of Sinclair2010

what does that mean? "Russ of Sinclair2010"
Please excuse my ignorance as I'm still getting used to things/protocol and folks names on here. I am haggling for it so it's looking good in my favor but I want advice before I pull the trigger so-to-speak.

to be clear his counter offer was 199. & free shipping and countered his with 150.00 and looks good and I need this one but don't wanna get taken for a ride...

EDIT:
OH I see now, it's grab hold of Russ OR Sinclair2010 not grab hold of Russ of Sinclair2010 that sounds like a royal title of ye ole England...lol

I'm no expert (I don't have a #1) but this one sold a few days ago for $133 and it had 3 and 1/2 margins.

http://cgi.ebay.com/US-Sc-1-Used-Ty...em4cf7146dc5

this IS a reputable dealer in NY Positive Feedback: 99.9% Feedback score: 42927

@ tomiseksj- Darn it... I like the fancy red cancel on it though.

This example has part of the design cut off from the bottom and has only 2 margins. $199 is way too much for this stamp, and $150 would be close to full retail value. Without a scan of the back to check for additional faults, I would caution against buying this stamp.

You can get better for $150.

Brian

$150 to much with only 2.5 margins. If you do a search for "the seal" he is one of our members that has acess to many top end classics and he can likely get you a better copy for same or less. I would almost call this one a space filler but I also don't have one. I'd pay maybe $75 but odds are it will sell . Patience and the right deal will come along. Not that I have an ounce of patients myself.

Back scan would be nice (I would recommend never buying without it). The scan is a little fuzzy but it MIGHT have a recut left frameline.

OK thank you for the advice. If you could really hook me up with a #1 for that I'd probably go for it seeing it was from people I trust. Thank you very much!

In my opinion not worth $150, maybe $85-$100 as a space filler. What are you looking for Average, Fine, Very-fine condition? Let me know what price range you are looking at and I'll e-mail you if I see something, believe me I'm always watching many auctions for 1847 issue. I don't mind helping out.

Here you might try this one, I did not look to closely. But it might be a better stamp for less. at least it has almost 4 margins.
http://cgi.ebay.com/SC-1-5c-Frankli...em2eb528cfe7

Also, I have this up for sale. It is four margin with red cancel, but it has been repaired in the upper left corner. But it is only 189.00
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...STRK:MESE:IT

You can always consider a nice copy with a pen cancel.

a nice copy with a pen cancel would be fabulous! looking to spend 120-ish I'm also on the lookout for a #14 or #17 as they are my definite favorites of all us classics.

Just e-mailed you

OK thank you. I just got it & I'll check 'em out tonight! Thank you very much kind sir.