jibber jabber about a Rosa drawing at ebay

Olivier mouse-ducks at wanadoo.fr
Sat Oct 2 20:23:03 CEST 2004


Heino:

>>>>>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=972&item=2273025466&rd=1

Great drawing! And it implied a lot of  work to do those covers.


>>>Maybe (=probably) ebay is just full of  sellers who have took advantage
>>> of mr. Rosa's generosity at conventions and now they circulate the
drawings
>>> amongst themselves trying to get the big bucks from a duckfan.

Disgusting.
The same sort of  thing is happening with film music CD's. Since it's really
a niche market, some scores can only get a limited, numbered release-- 
usually 3000, sometimes 1500 or even 1000.
The situation has considerably worsened this past year or so, with e-bay
sharks jumping on those releases & hoarding them. Such 1000-unit CD's now
sell out in a matter of  days. You may still find a few copies from
retailers, with a reasonable markup, but basically, you have to act faster
everytime.
It becomes quite a dilemma when you do not know the music (often the case)
nor the composer, and no sample tracks are available: you can't blind buy
everything,
yet you'd rather not miss on something you might like.



Olivier





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