Matthew Reilly's Contest - Original edition

Hey guys, first post and everything.

I was just wondering, how much would you be prepared to bid if someone posted a first-edition copy of Contest?
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Matthew Reilly's Contest - Original edition

A million dollars? I don't know. How about you start the bidding...

 

 



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It is not scarce and can be picked up cheap US or UK edition.Not being a fan I would not bid

Dave

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Not scarce? The self-published first edition that Matt Reilly did a print run of 1000 and sold from his bedroom at his parents' place? 

 

You sure about that, Dave? 

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It's very, very scarce. No copies available online as far as I can tell. It could possibly fetch a couple of thousand.

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Difficult to know whether to auction or set a price.

 

Or perhaps, Ebay isn't the right place for this? Perhaps a private specialised auction house who could advertise it?

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I've only ever seen one for sale, and the asking price was 30K 

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Trade 1st can be had for around $40 that I could see

There is obviously a ltd ed before that then.

 

Dave

 

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Reilly couldn't get a publishing deal, so he decided to go the self-publishing route (not so common before the internet took over our lives). He printed 1000 copies of Contest and then he hit the big time and the rest is history. It's quite a well-known story.

 

$30,000? Wowee! Ambitious I would've thought, but sometimes you have to be bold, I s'pose...

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There is a signed copy available just shy of $4k

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