High priced Quilt Books

Can someone explain to me by some quilting book are going for over 200.00?
One example is "papercuts and Plenty by Elly Sienkiewicz. I though it might
be a mistake but there are several sites that are selling it for over
200.00! This is not the only quilting book I have come across that is this
outrageous. Would anyone here pay that?

I'm pretty sure that book is out of print which is one reason it is so high.
She has another book that I would like to have, but it is also out of print,
and I saw it on Amazon.com for $100. I'm not paying that much for a quilt
book when I only want one pattern out of it. I'm making my GS a rocket
quilt, and there is a papercut pattern in her book "Papercuts and Plenty"
that she and Jan Davis designed. I have the pattern for the "Shuttle to the
Stars" block, but no instructions.
Sherry Starr


"Azlighteningbug" wrote in message
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Can someone explain to me by some quilting book are going for over 200.00?
One example is "papercuts and Plenty by Elly Sienkiewicz. I though it
might
be a mistake but there are several sites that are selling it for over
200.00! This is not the only quilting book I have come across that is this
outrageous. Would anyone here pay that?

The book is out of print. Amazon.com has a couple of listings for used
copies at $199(USD) and $249 (USD). I assume that the sellers have some
reason to price that high. Are they really worth that much? I guess that
is up to the person who wants a copy -- how much is she willing to pay?

Julia in MN
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Any chance you can get it at the library or on interlibrary loan?

Ronnie

In article , Sherry
Starr wrote:

I'm pretty sure that book is out of print which is one reason it is so high.
She has another book that I would like to have, but it is also out of print,
and I saw it on Amazon.com for $100. I'm not paying that much for a quilt
book when I only want one pattern out of it. I'm making my GS a rocket
quilt, and there is a papercut pattern in her book "Papercuts and Plenty"
that she and Jan Davis designed. I have the pattern for the "Shuttle to the
Stars" block, but no instructions.
Sherry Starr


"Azlighteningbug" wrote in message
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Can someone explain to me by some quilting book are going for over 200.00?
One example is "papercuts and Plenty by Elly Sienkiewicz. I though it
might
be a mistake but there are several sites that are selling it for over
200.00! This is not the only quilting book I have come across that is this
outrageous. Would anyone here pay that?

Can someone explain to me by some quilting book are going for over 200.00?

I can't imagine paying that much for myself, but if I owed a quilter a really
big favor, I might buy it as a gift. Might!!

kaila

Thanks all! I thought being out of print might have something to do with it,
but there is no way I would pay that much, unless of course I won the
Powerball, LOL! There are so many great books and patterns available that I
think I would try to find something else. But, that is what I would do -
other people might feel it worthwhile.


"Sk8eraunt" wrote in message
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Can someone explain to me by some quilting book are going for over
200.00?

I can't imagine paying that much for myself, but if I owed a quilter a
really
big favor, I might buy it as a gift. Might!!

kaila