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Re: LARGEST LEGO LOT ON EBAY EVER!! (???)
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Date: 
Fri, 9 Feb 2001 00:38:41 GMT
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In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Ed T. Toton III writes:
> > I have nothing much to add to this whole discussion, but this last post • made
> > me do some math ...
> 
>  So how do you guys determine value exactly? Roughly how
> many pieces are there per pound? And what's the average
> pieces per dollar ratio? I mean, when entire used sets are
> auctioned off on ebay without boxes, they still seem to go
> for around their original retail price or -higher- (unless they're
> still currently available sets).. Bulk lots certainly seem to fetch
> less per piece.  But it's starting to sound like it's not worth
> much once it's all thrown together unless you can demonstrate
> high weight? Somehow I'm getting the impression that my
> collection would be worth a lot less if price were calculated
> on its weight, rather than on a set-by-set basis. Perhaps I
> should start lead-lining my bricks. :)

Brickshelf tracks recent lots on "a popular auction site" that are sold by the
piece and by the pound, and provides an average based on the last week's worth
of auctions.  I'm not sure how the numbers are captured, or how accurate they
are, but it certainly gives an idea of how much the average "popular auction
site" buyer is willing to pay.

James

(BTW, at this weeks average price, the "largest lego lot ever" works out to
roughly $16,600 USD)



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(...) made (...) So how do you guys determine value exactly? Roughly how many pieces are there per pound? And what's the average pieces per dollar ratio? I mean, when entire used sets are auctioned off on ebay without boxes, they still seem to go (...) (26 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)

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