Cheap tri logo anyone?

[Frunkstar]

http://forum.rebelscum.com/t1088078/

Now I know its a very rare MOC, but bloody hell! someone tell me I am being rational by laughing at the price tag - or is it really worth this much :? & if it is I don't want one :shock:

 

[itfciain]

I think he's miles out - its on Ebay at that price as well

I would say £2K tops although maybe the 85 makes it more desireable - Joe will know

 

[Grant_C]

You could get a couple of VC Jawas for that.

Mind you- some people are paying 30k for 3 3-packs so you might as well give it a go.

 

[PGowdy]

Yeah, like Iain says, it's worth 2 grand. He's on another planet. Why even put it up for sale.
"Hey guys, i have a loose Yak Face for sale. I would like seven hundred pounds for it... looking for an utter nob with more money than sense who has no idea what things are worth to buy it... get in touch!! "

 

[Stormtrooper37]

Yes it is a rare moc and has a high grade but it is not worth that price. :shock:

When you consider other rarer graded moc's (ok the ones I'm thinking about have ranged from AFA 50 to 80 but they are hell of a lot rarer than the Jawa) that have been for sale this year that have been cheaper than the Jawa it becomes apparent how far out he is with the price.

I would say £2750, maybe £3 k tops - only because its an AFA85.

He will be bumping that on RS forever at that price :lol:

 

[edd_jedi]

Even 2k for it is a joke, Madine is in a different league of rarity compared to Boba Fett and Jawa, the next two rarest Tri Logos. I think even 2k is OTT, even if that is the current going rate. I would never have paid more than about £500 for one.

 

[jackabina]

Yeah, like Iain says, it's worth 2 grand. He's on another planet. Why even put it up for sale.
"Hey guys, i have a loose Yak Face for sale. I would like seven hundred pounds for it... looking for an utter nob with more money than sense who has no idea what things are worth to buy it... get in touch!! "

I'll take that yak Pete.

 

[Christian]

£6750 is IMHO way over current market value but I do feel that it could sell for around £3500. I sold an AFA 80 example a couple of years back and received cash & goods to the value of £2k. Since when high condition Tri's have gone up. IIRC approx 3 yrs ago another AFA85 Jawa was advertised on evilBAy.com for around $10k (not sure what it went for and I think it might have been Gallo's) but it did influence Tom D to have my AFA80 Jawa advertised at The Premier Collectibles auction with an estimate of $4-6k. It didn't sell.

Good luck to the seller.

Cheers,
Christian

 

[Jim1974]

I just wanted to chime in on reading this new thread. I am the seller of the trilogo jawa which I have advertised on ebay and RS. Yes it is advertised at £6750 and if anybody wants to give that for it please get in touch, and I will be happy to take your money. But in both places it is also advertised as OBO meaning or best offer (in case you didnt know)

It has been mentioned that the market value of this is around £2000. If you can get me another AFA 85 one of these I'll give you £3000 for it straight away.


In terms of trilogo jawas/madines/fetts, I seen more madines/fetts sell in the last 2 years than jawas, and I've seen no 85 jawas sell for about 3 years. The last madine I know changed hands recently for £10000......Fetts are pretty eay to pick up.

Market value is what someone is prepared to pay for something and how badly they want it. Recently any early star wars high grade pieces I know of, have changed hands for considerable amounts of money. If some of you only knew what certain pieces sell for, you would faint. High grade early stuff and reasonably rare stuff is all the rage but its all about condition nowadays.
A good example is the palitoy 12 back chewbacca currently on ebay. I will not be susprised if it goes over £4000.

In regards to carded vc jawas, they are not in the same league as this piece, and 85's regularly sell for £4000+. Everyone thinks that carded vc jawas are in some way special and rare, but the truth is they are as common as loose dt lukes and blue snags! Two a penny.


I have been a member here for a while but only pop in now and again to browse. Thought I needed to reply to this thread.
And to Mr Gowdy, I am not from a different planet, just more up to date with things :wink:

Thanks
Jim

 

[itfciain]

Hey Jim

Thanks for your input, I am sure no-one meant to cause offense.

As you say yourself, something is only worth what people will pay for it. We have just seen a Palitoy Chewie go onto Ebay and already it is getting huge amounts of attention/bids

If you get anywhere near the £6750 then that would be great

 

[PGowdy]

Fair enough. As i said, you can ask what you want for it. And if you're indeed right i'm sure it'll sell fairly quickly. If i am right it'll not sell in a million years. But i'm not trying to be antagonistic, it's just my way. :wink: Honestly good luck with it. I guess my only defence in accusing you of being on another planet (and not just a more up to date one) is every single poster on this thread has suggested this may be WAY over-priced. But then this isn't RS so folk here really aren't half as smart so we can't tell much from it i guess.

The last Madine (and i've only seen 2 for sale in the last 2 and half years) was one that came up for sale on RS about a year ago. It was posted as €5000obo offer i think and it was marked as "pending" the same night it was posted. Rumour was someone made an offer but my memory on this is a bit hazy, perhaps someone else can chime in.
The last tri Jawa i know of was bought by Ed on here. I believe he paid either £1400 or €1400. Something like that. It wasn't AFA but i seem to remember it being in pretty good condition.

 

[Jim1974]

Hey Jim

Thanks for your input, I am sure no-one meant to cause offense.

As you say yourself, something is only worth what people will pay for it. We have just seen a Palitoy Chewie go onto Ebay and already it is getting huge amounts of attention/bids

If you get anywhere near the £6750 then that would be great

No offense taken

The chewbacca will go for big bucks as its in nice condition (from what I can see in the pics) and they rarely come up for sale.
Palitoys will always be sought after (especially high condition ones).
I know for a fact, a full set of 12/20 back palitoys with large head han can make £30000....but they need to be AFA 85 condition.

 

[Jim1974]

Fair enough. As i said, you can ask what you want for it. And if you're indeed right i'm sure it'll sell fairly quickly. If i am right it'll not sell in a million years. But i'm not trying to be antagonistic, it's just my way. :wink: Honestly good luck with it. I guess my only defence in accusing you of being on another planet (and not just a more up to date one) is every single poster on this thread has suggested this may be WAY over-priced. But then this isn't RS so folk here really aren't half as smart so we can't tell much from it i guess.

No Problem, I'm not really a RS person myself :wink: And I'm pretty confident this will find a new home at some stage......

The last Madine (and i've only seen 2 for sale in the last 2 and half years) was one that came up for sale on RS about a year ago. It was posted as €5000obo offer i think and it was marked as "pending" the same night it was posted.
Rumour was someone made an offer but my memory on this is a bit hazy, perhaps someone else can chime in.

That madine wasnt in great condition, (i even think it may have had a bubble crack) but beggars cant be choosers when you need it to finish your set. The fact that it went to "pending" straight away tells me it was a bargain at 5000.

The last tri Jawa i know of was bought by Ed on here. I believe he paid either £1400 or €1400. Something like that. It wasn't AFA but i seem to remember it being in pretty good condition.

No it wasnt AFA'd but then again its like I said, its all about condition......If its the one I'm thinking about, the card had a lot of creasing and the bubble was quite dented.....

 

[PGowdy]

Unpunched, uncreased but some denting to bubble. In my opinion it should grade 80 easily. But that's just my opinion and the only picture i could find of it is not the best.

 

[Stormtrooper37]

Jim is right about Vinyl caped Jawa's and blue snag's - they are common compared to the Tri-logo Jawa.

I would personally take the MOC Tri-logo Jawa over the MOC Vinyl cape Jawa every time even if the tri was a lower grade and that's not because I prefer Tri-logo's (although I do) it is simply because they are hell of a lot rarer. I'm not fussed at all about grading so I would never pay a premium for an AFA 85 over a lower graded item or ungraded item unless it was mega rare (then it would probably be way out of my price range anyway)

I collect Tri-logo's, I have a Tri-logo Fett ungraded but MOC and fully sealed and I managed to pay well under £1k for him, I will hopefully look out for a Jawa in similar circumstances to the fett, although I am willing to pay more for the Jawa just don't see why I should pay a premium just because it is graded at AFA85 - some collectors are obsessed with AFA grades, a lot like me aren't and will wait for an ungraded example or lower graded example to come along.

I respect Jim's comments and he can sell the piece for what he likes, but IMO it won't sell for that price or anywhere near that price.

There have been a few rare pieces lately on ebay not only the Palitoy Chewie, but a couple of Mega rare square backed MOC AFA80 Meccano's as well - they were big money $5000 - $9000 (they had offers on them though, the Jawa doesn't yet). So these items do seem to command a high price tag.

 

[Jim1974]

Unpunched, uncreased but some denting to bubble. In my opinion it should grade 80 easily. But that's just my opinion and the only picture i could find of it is not the best.

Hard to tell from pic, but I would say 75 bubble as long as no cracks but overall 80.
Still not an 85......
And there a big price jump between an 80 to 85 and from 85 to 90 :wink:

80 madine £5000, 85 £10000.....

 

[Frunkstar]

I do hope you do not think I was being in any way disrespectful with this post Jim, I just wanted to gauge opinions regarding the value to see if I am really that far out of the loop & if some MOC's really are worth this sort of price tag, either way its massively out of my price range & comfort zone for what I would be willing to spend on a SW item, no matter how rare or sought after, but that's just my personal stance & finances, I am sure some other collectors are willing to pay much more substantially for certain items, but TBH I find it amazing & a little daunting.

I myself have some items that are (IMO) rarer than this card that I have paid what I consider to be a fair but high price for & I understand some really do go for condition & are willing to pay a premium for it, you only need to consider the U grade to see that is true, but for me if I want a piece condition is not as important as actually having the piece & once I have said piece I have never (up till now) upgraded one.

I personally think the price tag is rather ballooned & understand its OBO, but as you have stated above, you would be willing to give 3K for a second example, which I just find difficult to understand - be a boring world if we all liked/did the same thing though & I for one hope you get a good price for your item, wish I had a few of them myself TBH

 

[Drakon]

Thank you for chiming in Jim. It's good to see your view on this piece. I guess this is another piece that will be hard to get into my collection.