With friends like that ...

man oh man ...

That's a ridiculously high price for those cymbals. It's not in the ballpark ... heck, it's not even in the same state.

Take the 15 inch, beat him severely about the head and face with it, and ask him how much he felt like it was worth.......geez !!

If those are 12", 13", 14", and 15" hats, plus he plans to throw in a 20", 22", 24" as well as a flat and a china, now we might be in the ballpark.

Blue Label "Paperthins" might be rare, and might command a premium, but that's triple what they're worth in the real world.

OK, so I figured if each platter is worth about $600, the collection of four would be worth about $2500 - 2800. Does this sound reasonable?

Not for a friend. A friend wouldn't charge another friend "street value" ... or even close to it. They help each other out and cut a serious break. Maybe it's just me ... I don't know. I would flat out walk away from this deal and do some serious ruminating on the "value" of that friendship.

None of the cymbals you mentioned are worth near $600. (and the $670 ebay price for a 12" was a preposterous fluke). To get a realistic figure check out the ebay list of "completed sales", (not the inflated asking prices). Anecdotes & quotes from others can frequently be out of date, & one needs to look at the current market in a realistic way.

I really don't think he was trying to cheat me, I think he was guessing at the value and I think grossly overestimated the "collection" value. I told him I would check my 'sources' and get back to him.

Thanks for all the input!

To tdennis: these cymbals do not come up very often at all, I had been looking for a "12 inch blue 602 paperthin" for him for at least four years!!

FWIW:

I just went back and checked the bidding history on the item: apparently there were two other folks who also thought the cymbal was worth at least $500!

Thanks again to all!

here we go again its a sign of the times this may well be a bargain compared to the future the days of the steal deals are behind us, as once this forum creates the knowledge the thread spread like wild fire and as with anything else supply and demand i don't own any 602's or blue label paiste id love to ive lost some great cymbals to theft or plain carelessness hold on to what you have. this year will be a record year mark my words the day of the 1200 $ set will to come to pass the real museum kits will demand and get top dollar soon it will be only odds and ends for sale it will be like diamonds they have a grading flawless some flaws and loaded with inclusions, so it will be here too anything mint is a sellers market you can get sabian's all day and stencil zildjian's dirt cheap of course 2200 would be a deal for all those if perfect but maybe he's testing the waters if you paid that much for them you'd have to :BURY :them for 5 years to recoup there value as you could not play them just don't forget the stale bier when you bury them then they'll be worth 10k( i prefer a dark bier as it ages them better and of course makes them sound Darker)