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John, they are worth what someone is willing to pay for them. The $37 and $20 booklet on auction
with a $.99 start and $3.65 BIN demonstrates this. A seller might get his $37 eventually, but it
might not even get a 99 cent bid for the other seller. It depends on who is looking at the time
and how much they want it.
So true Modern , the price is determined by what a buyer is willing to spend.
I don't know of a catalog for postcards ,so I just study and research the condition of the item and what items have sold for in the past and currently.
I find most buyers pretty saavy when it comes to buying an item at a low price , of course when there is so much supply and so little demand you have bigger disparities in price , should all of the cheap Dixieland booklet's listed on
ebay dissapeared then the higher price would be the only price we could compare it to.
I thought the
ebay store price was exagerated , but then again I've seen sellers that claim they know nothing about stamps list a stamp with a .20 cent used value for 20 dollars with a description of very old , whether or not the seller is educated about the price , as a buyer we have to educate ourselves before paying what is being asked.
My postcard collection wasn't put together in a day , I'm willing to wait if the price isn't right.