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barrysloateMax- it doesn't surprise in the least.
My favorite story is about five years ago I was reading the antiques paper and a NYC book dealer advertised an 1876 National League Constitution. That's a nice tough guide so I thought I would give him a call. When I asked him him his price he said "two hundred and fifty." Now I got pretty excited because I know that book is worth well over $250.
Of course you can guess the end of the story. He was asking $250,000! I told him that was a $1500 guide, what are you thinking? He made up some cockamamie story that it's the birth of the National League, etc, etc. I asked him if he would like to buy my entire baseball library. Of course he bought nothing.