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And why is his box set so expensive?
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David
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Let's place odds on who can most comprehensively answer both parts of this question (it's not me, I had to look him up on Wikipedia):
2/1 Tannin
3/1 Mugwump
7/2 Pietillidie
8/1 Wokko
15/1 thebaldfacts
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Not a box set I'd be looking to buy! (also had to google.)
My money's on Pietillidie... |
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David
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I just read that he was the inspiration for the villain in The Fountainhead .
Wokko's odds have shortened. 
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Tannin 
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I had completely forgotten who he was, I must confess. I assumed he was a singer or some such - who else has boxed sets? - and took no interest in this thread until I saw the odds posted and said WTF?
Like David, I resorted to Google and still had no idea who he was until I read down a bit further and the penny dropped. No idea at all about Laski the man, but I probably have one or two of his books on the shelf and may or may not have read them. I certainly read some shorter extracts from him when I was doing my degree 30-odd years ago. Whether I thought he was full of it or thought he was compelling and insightful, I don't recall now. I'll go and browse the bookshelves and see if that pings another brain cell into belated activity. Probably not, there is a major shortage of active brain cells at the Tannin house these days.
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think positive
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Junior needs to make some cash, I gave her some books we got from the Macmillan warehouse dilapidation job we did last year and said "stick em on eBay" I said "search like this first to see what they are worth" and searched said boxed set. Over $5,000! 2nd hand on Amazon for just over $3,000! I've emailed the seller to see if the price is right! I was going to suggest starting at 50-60, might need to add a zero!
And to juniors credit she said "I can't keep that much if it sells!"
Hey the guys were binning books left right and centre, I saved a few boxes! Good luck to her!
(Sorry David it didn't fit in the bag!)
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David
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Lol. Good luck with it. May she encounter socialists with deep pockets. 
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| David wrote: | | Lol. Good luck with it. May she encounter socialists with deep pockets. |
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stui magpie 
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Never heard of him till now but his maternal Grandfather was reasonably well known.
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She invented Thai food?
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stui magpie
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Maybe not.
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HAL
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| think positive wrote: | Junior needs to make some cash, I gave her some books we got from the Macmillan warehouse dilapidation job we did last year and said "stick em on eBay" I said "search like this first to see what they are worth" and searched said boxed set. Over $5,000! 2nd hand on Amazon for just over $3,000! I've emailed the seller to see if the price is right! I was going to suggest starting at 50-60, might need to add a zero!
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Ebay and Amazon aren't the best places to get a true valuation.
Try ABE books.
A note of warning, they are modern reprints (not first editions) probably published for university students who ditch or on sell them for a fraction of the new cost once their courses are over. They sit in the book shop generally do little more than sit on a shelf gathering dust.
If you want a more accurate appraisal post the titles (and by who and when they were published).
I'll do some research & find you the best place to sell them (if I can).
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stui magpie
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| David wrote: | | Lol. Good luck with it. May she encounter socialists with deep pockets. |
Unfortunately they're known for their short arms
(unless they're reaching into someone else's pockets). 
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Tannin
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3. is the bookmeister. Top advice.
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