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I broke out this book last night after a long time up on the shelf, I have just put it beside the puter so I can start reading through it again. Its a pretty good book, good pilot stories, nice drawings in the back. I decided to look online to see if I could pick up another one, for the purpose of hacking up if I wanted to scan some of the drawings or something... its going for 100 up to 250 CDN, used :)

 

I guess I wont be buying another copy any time soon... perhaps I should put mine in plastic :)

 

Anyone else have any of those WWII books they bought from the book store on clearance and all of a sudden they are worth a bunch? I am pretty sure I picked this one up for 10 bucks or less....

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There is a new copy on Amazon US for only $83. ;)

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I got Spitfire: The History by Eric Morgan and Edward Shacklady in a remote Ontario library. It was practically brand new, and I paid about 60 bucks for it.

 

You can guess my reaction when I actually found out how much a new copy of this book is sold on amazon (about 400 bucks).

 

http://www.amazon.ca/Spitfire-History-Eric-B-Morgan/dp/0946219109/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1398889476&sr=8-1&keywords=Spitfire+shacklady

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I got Spitfire: The History by Eric Morgan and Edward Shacklady in a remote Ontario library. It was practically brand new, and I paid about 60 bucks for it.

 

You can guess my reaction when I actually found out how much a new copy of this book is sold on amazon (about 400 bucks).

 

http://www.amazon.ca/Spitfire-History-Eric-B-Morgan/dp/0946219109/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1398889476&sr=8-1&keywords=Spitfire+shacklady

 

There is a 1987 copy on ebay with just under 24 hours left and no bids yet. A bargain for anyone who does not yet have a copy. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SPITFIRE-THE-HISTORY-RAF-FIGHTER-AIRCRAFT-WW2-Edward-Shacklady-Eric-Morgan-/191934648661

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It went for £27.50 plus £8.0 postage making a total of £36, so someone got a great buy there.

 

I won it :)

 

Was very surprised I was the only bidder, pleased with the price too. :thumbup:

 

Looking forward to a good read...

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I won it :)

 

Was very surprised I was the only bidder, pleased with the price too. :thumbup:

 

Looking forward to a good read...

 

 

Well done :) I'm pleased it went to one of us :) The cover price back in '87 was £39.95!


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I got Spitfire: The History by Eric Morgan and Edward Shacklady in a remote Ontario library. It was practically brand new, and I paid about 60 bucks for it.

 

You can guess my reaction when I actually found out how much a new copy of this book is sold on amazon (about 400 bucks).

 

http://www.amazon.ca/Spitfire-History-Eric-B-Morgan/dp/0946219109/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1398889476&sr=8-1&keywords=Spitfire+shacklady

 

Yes, it's a bit crazy, I had mine at about the same price a few weeks ago (52 GBP), and if we have a look now, we see that some are not too expensive, but one guy is hoping to sell a "new" at 963 GBP! Wonder if someone will ever buy it... Perhaps, for the sole purpose of speculation?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Spitfire-History-Eric-B-Morgan/dp/0946219109/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1470558018&sr=8-1

 

Note how it depends on the Amazon store you select.

 

I had seen something similar with mechanical calculators on eBay, the famous (or is it?) Curta. You can see prices going high up and down. They can reach a couple thousand pounds when they are in good condition, so some people are now in the job of buying damaged ones, refurbishing them and selling them with a very good profit.

 

That's weird, if you look at it, they are restoring old devices nobody wanted anymore since the electronic calculators came to the public - but then you can say the same about art, paintings is a good example. Granted, it's the product of a genius, and are great piece of work! People were actually using those in car racing, for instance, being on the field and having to perform calculations quickly enough.

 

But even better, and you don't see that with art: those with a serial number which is a prime number fetch a much higher price. How insane is that? :huh:

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Black Cross Red Star: volume 2 and 3. Bought them both when they first came out. Wish I could find an affordable volume 1.

 

But with luck they will re-publish them all and the next two books as well:

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