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Location: Southeastern PA | Fellow OFCers:
In an effort to remain solvent in these difficult global economic times, I have been forced to sell some of my prized possessions. (I've got two O's for sale on the OFC For Sale page.) I'm looking for good homes for my stuff.
I became an owner (Custom Legend 1867) and fan of Ovations in the early eighties through Robert Fripp.
Here's where I could use your assistance: I am trying to establish a fair asking price for my copy of Tony Levin's "The Robert Fripp Print" (screenshot of original offer below). It is one of 200, with Certificate of Authenticity. My Internet search only resulted in an old auction for a Boston university. I asked Tony if he knew the fair asking price. He did not know. He suggested I post to his Facebook and Fripp's DGM site. No replies giving me guidance. Tony also suggested I put it on eBay. eBay's fees seem excessive.
If any OFCers have better Internet chops than I have in finding the latest resale value of the print, I'd appreciate it.
Thanks.
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| Doesn't even come up on a search - I'm guessing that it probably appreciated in value like a mid 70s Balladeer.
I saw Fripp once. He played to about 150 people in a church. Just him, his guitar and 2 tape recorders. He was at the door after the concert saying goodnight to everyone individually as they filed out. |
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Location: London, UK | I too went the way of Ovation because of Mr Fripp's endorsement.
I'd suggest trying some of the King Crimson fan sites, particularly www.elephant-talk.com (respected and long-running newsletter that is now a WIKI) and www.projektion.net (same as www.king-crimson.net ), which is a newer forum. |
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Location: Southeastern PA | Forced to go the eBay route. Link below.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=250533495190&Cat... |
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| I don't want to dash your hopes in any way, BUT as a new E-bay seller with 0 feedback you will be hard pressed to sell at a starting price of 1,000 dollars... just my opinion though.
you might try adding the "Make Offer" option to your auction, and also take a photo of The "Actual"
print that you have along with the # of the print in the series that you are offering for sale.
Good Luck! and I truly hope you can get your best price for it.
Regards,
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Location: Michigan | Umm, what Glenn said...and I did a search on ebay for limited prnts by a wildlife artist who was pretty famous back in his day. His signed and remarked prints are going for just about what we paid 25 years ago. I don't know what you paid but that might be a good starting point. I don't think there is a great deal of appreciation in signed print much to my chagrin. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Good luck with the sale. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Or setting a reserve and start at $1 to let the market show you how much they'd pay.
Does the Hard Rock Cafe have a "Buyer" listed anywhere? |
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Location: Southeastern PA | Thanks to all for your support, insights, and suggestions. You have given me much to consider. I’m new to selling things on the Internet.
I posted the paragraph below on another OFC page. Applicable here (plus, it allows me to properly spell “kind”).
“Thank you for your kind and informative replies. IMHO, OFC is an oasis in the online guitar forum world. I wonder: Are Ovation owners/players genetically predisposed to being polite, intelligent, and helpful (PIH)? Are the PIH drawn to Ovation guitars? Or, do Ovation guitars foster PIH in people? (Chicken vs. Egg.) I'll leave the answers to some doctoral candidate. I would like to think that I am a PIH. I may have to rethink selling both of my Ovations, lest I become a jerk.” |
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