Palifan
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I've been keeping an eye on this reseal for a while now to see what kind of price it would go for -
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Star-Wars-Boba-Fett-ESB-30-Back-Unpunched-1980-Palitoy-/281722577649?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item4197f962f1
The seller has had this on for quite a while now but the reserve was always to high and when it went to bids around 250 GBP was the maximum people were willing to pay. Once this was dropped to 400 with no reserve it finally went.
I mention this for two reasons, one being that it shows how things can gain interest and then the next minute not ( or vice versa), as last week this had the same starting bid of 400 and had no bids and then this week it sells with five bids.
The second reason is that this is the same reseal that sold back in January for 764 GBP on ebay France ( I think) and then was back up for auction again on ebay UK shortly afterwards. Maybe the buyer/seller decided they didn't want it (maybe because they won the vectis moc?), or it was just bought to flip. If it was the latter then it just shows you that flipping doesn't always work as this is quite a loss once you take out the fees from the recent sale. If this is the case then hopefully it will put some people off buying to flip when the prices start to get too high ( a win for the collectors out there
).
Thought it was worth a mention and I did notice that the bids were private so who knows if something went on behind closed doors and this figure will reappear at some point. Also, If someone did win it on here it's a big price to pay for a reseal but it is a great looking one and a very hard figure to find on a 30 back so I'm sure they'll be happy with it, I know I would be.
Ian
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Star-Wars-Boba-Fett-ESB-30-Back-Unpunched-1980-Palitoy-/281722577649?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item4197f962f1
The seller has had this on for quite a while now but the reserve was always to high and when it went to bids around 250 GBP was the maximum people were willing to pay. Once this was dropped to 400 with no reserve it finally went.
I mention this for two reasons, one being that it shows how things can gain interest and then the next minute not ( or vice versa), as last week this had the same starting bid of 400 and had no bids and then this week it sells with five bids.
The second reason is that this is the same reseal that sold back in January for 764 GBP on ebay France ( I think) and then was back up for auction again on ebay UK shortly afterwards. Maybe the buyer/seller decided they didn't want it (maybe because they won the vectis moc?), or it was just bought to flip. If it was the latter then it just shows you that flipping doesn't always work as this is quite a loss once you take out the fees from the recent sale. If this is the case then hopefully it will put some people off buying to flip when the prices start to get too high ( a win for the collectors out there
). Thought it was worth a mention and I did notice that the bids were private so who knows if something went on behind closed doors and this figure will reappear at some point. Also, If someone did win it on here it's a big price to pay for a reseal but it is a great looking one and a very hard figure to find on a 30 back so I'm sure they'll be happy with it, I know I would be.
Ian
