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I am clearly predictable
All the things you mention are my main reason for steering clear of price guides. People do ask me by email a lot when they find stuff in their attic but I tell them to come to a place like this to ask because it fluctuates. And yeah, a particular craze for a particular item at one point can affect the market. :/Equally sellers who have great reputations for accuracy get better sale returns than those who dump dirty messy ponies on with one line descriptions, even if it's the same pony.
I've seen some funny stuff on ebay for sure that skews up prices (making them in actuality not real, and not reflect what actual collectors pay when buying and selling amongst themselves) Some ways of doing this are fairly well known, others less known. I won't say how here as it could attract copycats, and people who collect and want to buy things continuing being able to do so is my concern.Also, in my category at least some sellers have unique end prices to THEM, it's less about the item and more who it is coming from. Those sellers worked and made very good connections for years to get that kind of reputation of service and trustworthiness and it definitely reflects in how high their items hit. Other collectors, or toy dealers can't match. One local dealer I dealt with a couple times when things did get discounted always referenced one particular seller's prices as a base for their items. The sellers who's listings were used as a pricing table was one who was in this rare and extra special seller category.
I have the G1 book/price guide for all the US releases, but is there a guide for UK only G1 releases? I keep seeing ponies I have never seen on Ebay and I want to know if the prices are fair or where they came from. Also is there a nirvana guide?