Douglas Adams First Edition

[jenstar]

There was a hardback first edition of Life The Universe And Everything on ebay recently, can anyone tell me how much it sold for or a way I can find out for myself?

[darth vader]

not easy to find out for yourself. Ebay saves auction items for 30 days after the end of auction (EOA). That's great but, unless you had a watch set prior to EOA, or you were the succesful purchaser, then you have no reference to the sold item, plus no way of searching for it as their search only covers items that haven't sold yet. My advice is contact ebay directly to get them to search their archives, if you're really desparate for the answer (logon to ebay, hit "Questions" then hit "ask a question" for an online request form)

[jenstar]

It's OK, it was within the 30 days. It turns out there's a link to "Completed Items", through which I found two recent first editions - the first went for around �155 and the second for �128. I passed up a copy in a "3 books for a pound" box at a car boot sale a few weeks ago, and didn't realise what it was until I saw a picture on the web. I think that if the auctioned copies had gone for more than �200, I'd have been immensely miffed, but I can just about cope with passing on a �128 book. Even at 33 and a third pence.

[sft42]

Oh dear. i hate when that happens....i have passed up on a few bargains before and now i always go with the golden rule of if your unsure and it's less than a fiver buy it.....you can always sell it on later if it's not the gem you thought.