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Posted 02/13/2015   10:08 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Petert4522 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Well, I guess anything is possible Wt1. But misperfs are really not that sought after and not that expensive. Now, if it was an imperforate.......

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Posted 02/13/2015   11:02 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add JLLebbert to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Even an imperforate pair is not all that rare ... CV of $42.50 in my 2014 Scott. Datz reports over 1000 known imperf pairs.
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Posted 02/14/2015   06:22 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add I_Love_Stamps to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Holy cow...Taken for a ride is an understatement of the year!
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Posted 02/14/2015   08:21 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add floortrader to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Interesting to read what people think is the value . I been noticing posters talk about what they would pay ........excuse me but it was purchased in 2002 and this is 2015 are you aware a lot of factors come into play . Was that pair from the first coil strip found ? was it a new discovery in 2002 ......Did the philatelic press or some stamp dealer run this with statements this was going to be the "new jenny" ........please TIME IS A FACTOR TO PRICING .
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Posted 02/14/2015   09:28 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add JessEm to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
wt1 and floortrader, you guys are kinda making the same point and I have to agree. The price could've been right on par with speculation and current market value when they were purchased. I guess the skeptic in me automatically assumed something sinister was in play.
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Posted 02/14/2015   10:11 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add blcjr to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

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wt1 and floortrader, you guys are kinda making the same point and I have to agree. The price could've been right on par with speculation and current market value when they were purchased. I guess the skeptic in me automatically assumed something sinister was in play.
But even on a speculative basis, it was not very smart to trust a "collectibles" dealer to give you good advice about philatelic values. He probably had some Beanie Babies or Cabbage Patch Dolls to sell also.
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Posted 02/14/2015   10:25 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add JessEm to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

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But even on a speculative basis, it was not very smart to trust a "collectibles" dealer to give you good advice about philatelic values. He probably had some Beanie Babies or Cabbage Patch Dolls to sell also.


lol, blcjr. Cabbage Patch Dolls... Made me think of Garbage Pail Kids.

Seriously though, I think "probably" is going out on a limb a little... A lot of stamp dealers also deal in currency. I'm just sayin.
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Posted 02/14/2015   11:39 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add blcjr to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Well, stamps and coins have a history of collecting and valuation. They have established catalogs and criteria for valuation that other "collectibles" often do not. And that's all I'm just sayin'.
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Edited by blcjr - 02/14/2015 11:40 am
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Posted 02/14/2015   11:53 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add ikeyPikey to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

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... But misperfs are really not that sought after and not that expensive ...


I wonder how many albums contain not one misperf, as opposed to how many albums contain not one revenue (to pick one BoB).

Q/ Is there a market for an EFO album? Are there pages available in PDF?


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... it was not very smart to trust a "collectibles" dealer to give you good advice about philatelic values ...


If it is Open Season on the character of the seller, howzabout Open Season on the character of the buyer?

Maybe the buyer was hoping that a 'rube' outside the philatelic community could not know what they had?

[picky] Agreeing to someone's price is not the same thing as seeking, or accepting, their advice.[/picky]

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey
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Posted 02/14/2015   12:30 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add blcjr to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
ikeyPikey,

If I was picking on anyone, it was the buyer, not the seller. I generally believe in laissez faire and caveat emptor.
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Posted 02/14/2015   8:58 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add ikeyPikey to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
blcjr, Greetings:

I put that [picky] on me, not you ;)

BTW: My neighborhood collectibles guy has shelves of reference books; perhaps other dealers hide theirs as a matter of pride?

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey
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Posted 02/14/2015   9:48 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add JLLebbert to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
This stamp was issued in 1988. I would think that most errors would have come to light within the first few years. Probably by 2002 the EFO pair would have been recognized for what it was. Those errors that are not discovered until long after the initial issue date are usually rare ones.
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