History For Sale autographs

Hey...what's up with History For Sale autographs and their insane prices? $800 for Dyan Cannon?!?!

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Permalink Reply by Joe W. on June 18, 2015 at 9:09pm

Crazy like a fox! Been is business a long time while others have come and gone. Believe most of their items have a "make offer" option. I'm betting few sell anywhere close to the asking price. God Bless America!

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Permalink Reply by michelle on June 18, 2015 at 9:44pm

Oh their prices are insane !!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by michelle on June 19, 2015 at 3:51pm

do you think they have this as a hobby and another business elsewhere then? You need to rob a bank to pay for any of their items but they certainly have some nice pieces. They buy up all the bergman and Hepburn pieces I would love to own

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Permalink Reply by Rich on June 18, 2015 at 10:35pm

Put them at the top of my list of things I just don't get. Do they ever sell anything? I'm seeing $20 autographs listed for hundreds of dollars. Seeing items listed at 10x - 20x their value isn't uncommon it would seem.

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Permalink Reply by James on June 19, 2015 at 12:43am

Ya, I don't get it. They want like $27,000 for a JFK White House letter that might be worth $3000-$4000.

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Permalink Reply by JBS on June 19, 2015 at 4:25am

One thing I thought about is that they list their inventory so high so they can get high dollar loans and use the inventory as collateral. Obviously their doing something right as they've been in business so long, but their prices are nuts!

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Permalink Reply by Joe W. on June 19, 2015 at 4:39am

They certainly don't sell many per month on ebay but their profit per piece is oh-la-la! Can't fault someone for their asking price. The buyer has the final choice. If the buyer is happy that's all that matters.

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Permalink Reply by Scott Paul on June 19, 2015 at 6:44am

Personally I love their prices because I can tell people I have autographs worth over a million dollars. Actually the guy I think is mainly a collector who is willing to sell if he can get an outrageous price. He does have some very high quality classic entertainment items and the ones I have looked at are good solid autographs. A friend of mine bought a rare character actor from him only to find another on eBay for 100s less. I like to browse his inventory it is kind of like an online museum.