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Dura-Europos: Crossroads of Antiquity - D B Campbell - 01-22-2012
Has anyone seen this book? Is it worth £42.00 (new) /
hock: £274.45 (used) ?
Re: Dura-Europos: Crossroads of Antiquity - Gaius Julius Caesar - 01-22-2012
Wow, better get the used one, it's cheaper.... :roll:
Must have been touched by JC himself...
no I haven't seen it.
I have the final report, but this will be someones interpretation of what he has read, will it not?
Re: Dura-Europos: Crossroads of Antiquity - D B Campbell - 01-22-2012
Quote:Must have been touched by JC himself...Your good self (Julius Caesar)? :wink:
Quote:... but this will be someones interpretation of what he has read, will it not?It seems to be an exhibition catalogue, with original articles about the exhibits.
Re: Dura-Europos: Crossroads of Antiquity - Gaius Julius Caesar - 01-23-2012
Well, maybe worth £45 then....
mile:
Re: Dura-Europos: Crossroads of Antiquity - Quintius Clavus - 01-23-2012
Boy, someone's been trying to make a fast buck; that "used" price is obscene. I could have bought it when I visited the exhibit at New York University in NYC for about $26.00 in December, but chose not to.
Re: Dura-Europos: Crossroads of Antiquity - Epictetus - 01-23-2012
The price could have been set by a computer.
BBC: When algorithms control the world
The article blames Amazon's algorithm for the $23 million book in the article, but I think it was probably a third party, like the seller's.
Re: Dura-Europos: Crossroads of Antiquity - Medicus matt - 01-23-2012
Quote:Boy, someone's been trying to make a fast buck; that "used" price is obscene. I could have bought it when I visited the exhibit at New York University in NYC for about $26.00 in December, but chose not to.
Different catalogue I think. The one for the NYC exhibition was this one:-
http://isaw.nyu.edu/exhibitions/edge-of-empires/catalogue
Looks like the 'Crossroads' catalogue is still available from the McMullen Museum though, for a much more reasonable price:-
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/artmuseum/store/index.html
Re: Dura-Europos: Crossroads of Antiquity - PhilusEstilius - 01-23-2012
I think there may have been a hiccup surely, for £27-45 would be a more reasonable price.
Re: Dura-Europos: Crossroads of Antiquity - D B Campbell - 01-23-2012
The price has now fallen to a much more reasonable £219.56! :roll:
Re: Dura-Europos: Crossroads of Antiquity - mcbishop - 01-23-2012
Quote:The price has now fallen to a much more reasonable £219.56! :roll:Good job it's not priced in Euros... Is there a speculative futures market in secondhand books, I wonder? Should I buy up all of Ben Kan'e Spartacuseseses now and hoard them for a rainy day?!
Mike Bishop
Re: Dura-Europos: Crossroads of Antiquity - Quintius Clavus - 01-24-2012
Sorry about the confusion - they are using the same image to promote the "Edge of Empire" exhibit. Still $219!! is way beyond what it should be priced.
Re: Dura-Europos: Crossroads of Antiquity - Vindex - 01-24-2012
Is the book any good? Does it offer any startling insights or advance our knowledge of the finds or the period?
If not, I wouldn't even part with the £42!
Re: Dura-Europos: Crossroads of Antiquity - Gaius Julius Caesar - 01-24-2012
If it has amazing photos of the artifacts, I would...maybe!
Re: Dura-Europos: Crossroads of Antiquity - Robert Vermaat - 01-24-2012
Quote:The price has now fallen to a much more reasonable £219.56! :roll:Oufff.. Now that's a reasonable price (not for me). :-|
Re: Dura-Europos: Crossroads of Antiquity - starman2012 - 08-14-2012
Quote:If it has amazing photos of the artifacts, I would...maybe!
I've already seen those, including the persian(?) soldier they tried to drag to safety--for free at the library.
