P3D Re: Value of 1200 Keystone set

["Dr. George A. Themelis" <DrT-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Non-affluent eneration-x :-) Mark Josephson writes:

>    1) box sets got popular
>    2) views are worth more than $1 each
>    3) demand exceeds supply
    
>> Where exactly did I miss the boat?  I have the 600 set.  This used
>> to sell for $600.  Has the price on that one increased too? 
>    
>Waldsmith lists the 600 for $600-650, that was in 1991.  My strong
>suspicions are that this would go for at least $1200 today at an auction. 

I guess I was totally off the mark when exactly two years ago I 
advertised in photo-3d (there was no sell-3d) the following:

- Keystone "Trip Around The World" 600 boxed set ............. $375

"This set is in good but not mint condition.  It is missing about a
dozen cards but has all the boxes and it is priced to sell.  Sure,
will ship to Germany but shipping might be more than the price of
the set.  Seriously, it is HEAVY!"

The irony is that I only got ONE request and it was from GERMANY!
While packing the set I discovered that there were more than one
dozen cards missing (maybe 30 total) and, to compensate, I PAID
FOR THE SHIPPING!!!

These were the days...

>Do you think that people in the 1870s thought that the items in 
>their living room would be worth a fortune 120 years later?

Not everything is worth more than the original purchase price.
I suspect that in 1990 when the boxed sets were going for $150
and the Keystone sets for $1/card, this was less than the 
original price...

Also, I know for a fact that the Stereo Realist camera today is
sold (used, of course) for 1/10 of its original purchace value
(factoring inflation, etc.)

-- George Themelis


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