Re: waldsmith book

[P3D Michael Kersenbrock <michaelk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Back a few years ago, I knew that if I saw a copy of his book in an
> antique store I should stop looking for their VM's right there. (I never
> did of course, but in hind sight, I almost never bought anything from
> those people.) They generally jacked whatever listed price up another
> 10% to 30% over the generally already high prices... I always had a
> problem with findind poor quality, common Yellowstone reels for $3... I
> used to find them at 3 for $1, then the book came out...

That's an example of something I've observed about 'antiques' in general,
including cameras of all sorts, radios, and just about anything.

Popular price-guides tend to be correct due to it's self-correcting
mechanism of dealers setting the sales price *by* the book. 

The book becomes the setter of prices, rather than the observer
and reporter of prices (even if that's the honest intent).

Mike K.





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