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Tomart DISNEYANA Guide to Pin Trading 6th Edition Volume II

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Tomart DISNEYANA Guide to Pin Trading 6th Edition Volume II
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has been published and is available "everywhere" within a few weeks (already listed on Amazon) - This volume covers U.S. Disney theme parks and Cruise Lines from the Spring of 2007 through the first quarter of 2012.

Amazon has Volume I available too - a great desktop resource!
 
wow... that should be fun to read. one big ?????? Will anyone care what is says about price.... or will the anwser still b.. " well thats what it is going for on ebay... so thats what it is worth." ????? just wondering
 
I've always thought that smarter way to publish pin guides would be to do it by characters, and do little laminated pages (think Spark Charts at B&N). That way, they wouldn't be as expensive to expand on, people could buy the characters/themes they were interested in, they would have holes on the side for putting them into a binder, making them easier to keep with pins. For popular characters that have a lot of pins, you could even do groupings. Like, Stitch Parks- WDW, Stitch- Disney Auctions, etc.

I would also not give specific prices, but maybe rarity levels and a general price area (original price, slightly higher, etc....or maybe low, medium, high, very high, with a key that says the price ranges).

I've often wondered why antique guides don't approach things this way...I know I'd rather have a binder or a few pages over a big, fat book that I had to lug around.
 
KT07 said:
wow... that should be fun to read. one big ?????? Will anyone care what is says about price.... or will the anwser still b.. " well thats what it is going for on ebay... so thats what it is worth." ????? just wondering
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As with ebay, this can be used just as a guide. It's helpful to have an idea of a pin's worth, but nothing is ever absolute, including ebay. In the words of Dancecats (okay, I don't know the exact words, so kinda in the words of Dancecats): A pin is valued only what someone is willing to give up for it.

I think Tomart's is a great thing to have to bring to the parks, events, PTNs, etc to explain and determine pin values. It can then be used as a guide.
 
Abyssinian28 said:
I've always thought that smarter way to publish pin guides would be to do it by characters, and do little laminated pages (think Spark Charts at B&N). That way, they wouldn't be as expensive to expand on, people could buy the characters/themes they were interested in, they would have holes on the side for putting them into a binder, making them easier to keep with pins. For popular characters that have a lot of pins, you could even do groupings. Like, Stitch Parks- WDW, Stitch- Disney Auctions, etc.

I would also not give specific prices, but maybe rarity levels and a general price area (original price, slightly higher, etc....or maybe low, medium, high, very high, with a key that says the price ranges).

I've often wondered why antique guides don't approach things this way...I know I'd rather have a binder or a few pages over a big, fat book that I had to lug around.
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That is a rockin' good idea!!
 
I've got Vol I (somewhere around here), and as I recall, they list "trading catagories" (A to E?) which relate to price / trade ranges which is more than just ebay closed auctions (like the "have / want" on pinpics). The person I spoke with yesterday said that they sould be at DLR (and WDW?) in the next few weeks.
 
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leopardpolkadotspots said:
I was wondering about these, how many volumes have they done? My sis bought one for my birthday - its the 2003 edition.
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You have an earlier edition (3rd)...the two that are currently available are:
Tomart's 6th Edition DISNEYANA Guide to Pin Trading (June 06, 2007)
Tomart's 6th Edition DISNEYANA Guide to Pin Trading Vol II (May 09, 2012) - covers pins from Spring 2007 to 1st quarter 2012

Some of the earlier editions are available in the used market.

There is a note in the description of the 2007 6th edition: But don't get rid of your Fifth or earlier editions. Many pins will not be repeated.
 
For those that have these books...are they really accurate? I feel like pins are released too often, and the popularity of specific pins changes so frequently that it would be hard to determine values for certain pins...and as soon as the book is released it is already somewhat out-of-date, because new pins keep coming out. Just wondering if people genuinely use these books as guides when they are trading or not.

I know it is supposed to be a "guide" and not a definitive value...but for instance...I am assuming the book would value Gomes pins as pretty valuable, although these days it would be easier for me to get my hands on certain LE 100 Gomes pins over a Reveal Conceal Girls Belle or Ariel pin.

A few questions (out of curiosity):

-What is the newest pin (release-date-wise) in the book?
-What pin(s) does this book consider the most "valuable"?
-Does this book literally have every pin released from Spring 2007- 1st Quarter 2012...or do they just highlight the more notable pins?
 
Abyssinian28 said:
I've always thought that smarter way to publish pin guides would be to do it by characters, and do little laminated pages (think Spark Charts at B&N). That way, they wouldn't be as expensive to expand on, people could buy the characters/themes they were interested in, they would have holes on the side for putting them into a binder, making them easier to keep with pins. For popular characters that have a lot of pins, you could even do groupings. Like, Stitch Parks- WDW, Stitch- Disney Auctions, etc.

I would also not give specific prices, but maybe rarity levels and a general price area (original price, slightly higher, etc....or maybe low, medium, high, very high, with a key that says the price ranges).

I've often wondered why antique guides don't approach things this way...I know I'd rather have a binder or a few pages over a big, fat book that I had to lug around.
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+1 fantastic idea. Maybe you should contact them and see?
 
we need a price guide that comes out everymonth. In other collection hobbys like ball cards they do this each month and even have more than one book u can get. So if they can do it for every ball card each month. they could do one for pins. IMO
 
KT07 said:
we need a price guide that comes out everymonth. In other collection hobbys like ball cards they do this each month and even have more than one book u can get. So if they can do it for every ball card each month. they could do one for pins. IMO
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I was just thinking about that too. I would love to have something new to read about every month, maybe articles about new release or any look back to older pins, interviews of designers.
 
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