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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1199253, member: 26302&quot;]True, but some of these sellers count on the fact of rarity and many times a person really wants it and any other copies are unavailable. I have seen Crawford&#039;s Roman Republican usually go for around $300, but at times there are only copies available at $800 or more. Is $800 very high for that book? Yeah, but if no one else has a copy for sale, the seller might get a bite at that price. Such a seller only needs to sell a few books a month with this strategy to make it worthwhile.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would say doing that with a book that publishes updates is very dangerous game, but I see it played a lot. This is why most of my books I get at numismatic book auctions, and try to have patience.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: Btw, the same game is played with coins. There used to be a seller of large cents out of Omaha that had gorgeous stuff. The reason he had such high quality, large inventory was partially because he listed most stuff at double Redbook or more. He didn&#039;t need to move a lot of stuff many times, but what he did he made a lot.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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