Just when you thought owning a Wright home was expensive....

DavidC · Post by **DavidC** » Thu May 23, 2013 7:50 am

Frank Lloyd Wright 12 books MONOGRAPH with no cover A.D.A.EDITA 888,412.69

At least you get free shipping on the order.......

David

dtc · Post by **dtc** » Thu May 23, 2013 8:45 am

Come on...is that price for real?

One could buy a FLLW designed house for that sum....or at least the down payment.

dkottum · Post by **dkottum** » Thu May 23, 2013 10:21 am

I'll sell my set for half that price.

doug k

KevinW · Post by **KevinW** » Thu May 23, 2013 10:29 am

...I always mess up that darn decimal point.

SDR · Post by **SDR** » Thu May 23, 2013 6:42 pm

Maybe the seller got his dollars and his yen confused ?

I get my yens confused, sometimes . . .

SDR

Paul Ringstrom · Post by **Paul Ringstrom** » Thu May 23, 2013 7:00 pm

$3020 works out to $251.66 per book. Not unreasonable. Most prices I have seen are in the range of $250-750 each with complete sets going for between $2700-6000.

SDR · Post by **SDR** » Thu May 23, 2013 7:11 pm

Yes -- that's right. I thought I was reading a number in the six figures. Did the seller edit his price quote ?

SDR

krietzerjak · Post by **krietzerjak** » Thu May 23, 2013 8:37 pm

When I looked at it this morning, I think it was over $800,000, or maybe it was 600,000.

Andy

DavidC · Post by **DavidC** » Fri May 24, 2013 12:32 am

The original price was for over $890,000.

David

SDR · Post by **SDR** » Fri May 24, 2013 12:38 am

Heck -- if the price keeps dropping at this rate, I'll be able to have my first complete set of Monographs . . .

SDR

Paul Ringstrom · Post by **Paul Ringstrom** » Fri May 24, 2013 5:40 pm

Frank Lloyd Wright 12 books MONOGRAPH with no cover A.D.A.EDITA

Item condition:Good
Time left: 23d 14h (Jun 17, 2013 06:02:31 PDT)
Price:US $3,020.00

SDR · Post by **SDR** » Fri May 24, 2013 7:53 pm

"No cover" could mean no dust jacket, or no box (the hardcover volumes came boxed) -- or even "paperbound," I suppose. I wonder why those whose English is incomplete (like any of us) don't consult sources of information -- such as, in this case, specialist booksellers ? -- to ascertain the appropriate terminology . . .

SDR

krietzerjak · Post by **krietzerjak** » Fri May 24, 2013 8:06 pm

SDR, the hardbound copies have red cloth hard covers, with pictures on the seperate jackets only. If there were no covers at all, hardbound sets would be all red. I think only the cardboard is missing from this set.
Andy

SDR · Post by **SDR** » Fri May 24, 2013 9:11 pm

Thanks. Yes, the images do seem to show the hardbound set, with dust jackets. (I retained the boxes for my two Monograph volumes; the dust jackets, which seem to get spoiled in use, are saved in those boxes, in my case. The oversized Taschen volumes, by contrast, are hardbound without jackets, having instead applied printed illustrations or photographs; the books come plastic-wrapped in impressive cardboard "valises," complete with carrying handle . . .)

As I recall it, the softbound Monograph volumes had the same graphics on their covers as is found on the hardbound dust jackets ?

SDR