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In article <125160009@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> jeffa@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Jeff Alley) writes:
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>I was in an antique store about 30 miles from where I live and I found
>an old (1946) Varga pinup girl calendar. It was in near mint condition,
>had all of the months, no writing, etc... but a couple of the pages
>were starting to come off of the plastic binder that held them all
>together.  The calendar was tasteful and I was considering getting it
>but didn't because of the $75.00 price tag.  Would it be possible for
>me to find one a lot cheaper, or is the 75.00 price pretty reasonable?

Jeff, I have _Schroeder's Antiques Price Guide, Seventh Edition_ in
front of me.  A 1946 Vargas, with envelope, is listed at $65.00.  A
1948 Vargas, with envelope, is listed at $125.00.

If you like it and it's worth $75 to *you*, buy it.  But the dealer
isn't giving away anything.

Charleen

In article <125160010@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> jeffa@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Jeff Alley) writes:
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>Thanks for the info Charlene. I do like it, but if guide is $65.00
>with envelop (which this one was missing) then if I do some hunting
>around I bet I can find one quite a bit cheaper.

Could be.  There are a couple of factors to consider.

-Dealers use price guides because they can't be familiar with every 
 type of collectible or antique that comes along.  You *might* find
 that other calendars are priced similarly because of this.  Or you
 might get lucky and find a dealer who doesn't know what s/he has,
 but I'm dubious.  

-What's your time worth to you?  As I pointed out a couple of days ago,
 antique stores/collectives are not generally set up to make looking
 for a specific item easy.  I suppose you could get the Yellow Pages
 and start calling around.  You could try flea markets.  The tradeoff
 again is legwork.

At any rate, good luck and have fun.

Charleen