Guys, I need to raise some funds for a project that is important to me and decided to sell my copy of Min Ron NEE's Cigar Encyclopedia. It is in mint condition and I just don't look at it and never have really. I am not sure what the value is to be fair; not trying to gouge anyone at all, but do want a fair price. I haven't found any threads here to be helpful as they are very dated. Any ideas of fair market value today? I have watched Ebay and they are listed in the hundreds, up to $600, but they don't ever sell for that and in fact I haven't seen any final sales. I am thinking about putting it out there with no reserve and just going for it. Any recommendations? Thanks.
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One significant factor on value is if it is the first or second printing, the 1st goes for quite a bit more, Steve.
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I'd be interested in the book! :-)

Will increase my bland trader rating too if anything :-)
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Tom, I am assuming that the book will show the date and if it's 2003 its the first printing and 2005 would be the re-print, correct? I'll have to check later tonight as I don't have it with me. Thanks.
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Be interesting to see what goes for in the end. My hunch is not much more than original price at that time. Weren't they like $200ish new? It was so long ago, I forget what I paid shipped from Europe.
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I think I paid $150 or even possibly $125 for mine (2nd printing) from a US vendor.
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Just checked an archived version of the site, I paid $125. Shipping was probably only about an additional $10, as they shipped media mail / book rate.
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I paid 75 bucks for mine new. 2nd edition.
These are super hard to get now, I don't think $300 is unfair at all. I'd think it'd sell in a minute for $250.
I've also seen prices from $500 to $1000, but haven't seen any sell at those prices. Those were also for 1st editions.
Mind ya, there aren't ever going to be any more of these.
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