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Long time origami enthusiast here in need of cash so I guess I have to sell some of my books. I just don't know what to price them at. They were hard to get my hands on the many years ago I got them and now I have no clue their value, but I feel as though they do indeed have value so I am afraid to put them up on e-bay underpriced and miss out on cash. So here is where I ask for your help to determine a good pricing, or would be even better if you guys want to bid here for them and save me the trouble of making e-bay more money. I have Origami Tanteidan Conventions 3,4,and 5. All in great condition with minor flaws. I never really broke the spines hard by holding them open with various methods that did not involve roughing up the spines and letting them curve rather then flatten out. Im an origami enthusiast....I love my papers No rips tears , there are minor bends but i would say they are in excellent condition. I believe they are all out of print but you experts might know that better. Also would you suggest, if I e-bay them, to go for a package deal or would singular yield a higher return? Thank you all for any help you can provide me, and now that I found this forum it will be nice to meet you all.

J
(edit) I apparently don't have the ability to send private messages since I'm new here so to the person that sent me one you'll have to post it publicly here for me to reply

Put them on ebay and let us all know. I guess the absolute minimum you can calculate with is 50€ per book, but since those are very rare items price might go up very high (a few hundred € perhaps?). You could also promote it on the Origami Mailing List. Oh damn, I shouldn't have approved this post, but instead send you a private message to buy this books directly Sincerly, you'll get a pretty good price on these.
Edit: Put them in different auctions, singular will sure yield higher. Oh and you can start with the lowest starting price Ebay has to offer, the price will rice up pretty soon when you tell here and on the Mailing list that those books are on for sale.

I am saying somewhere around €40. That is reasonable. A few €100 is way too high. But, PLEASE put them on Ebay...PLEASE.

I'm not in favour of discussing financial matters on a public forum.
I'd definitely be interested and willing to pay a good price, so pm me the amount you want and we can go from there.
Or use ebay and make them richer, as you say.

Thanks much for the replies already. I will probably put at least one up tomorrow (wed). I had paid around 80 US to buy them yeaaaars ago so I can't see me starting them for under that. Just a matter of how much of a love price i'm going to put on it. You know, when you love an item so much you would rather it not sell then to sell for too low. As much as I love my origami friends and would love you all to have it, I'm only selling it to make money cuz I'm hurtin right now. I got many years of joy from them and I know any origami lover that buys will be a good home

J