[Mrak E.Smith]

Hi guys, book information time again
Three excellent German books, namely Europaische Hieb und Stichwaffen, Europäische Helme and Kombinationswaffen are long been in very high price, but recently(2010 maybe) a pack of them just rush into internet second-hand market, mostly from German sellers, all in quite low price(20-30euro, shipping not inclued), try abebooks or ebay.de. I've bought copys of all of them, very satisfying!

[Chad Arnow]

That's been happening more and more over the last couple of years. A guy used to be able to make a buck buying and selling those. Not anymore....

It's a great time to be a book shopper. Many titles have come down recently. The Edge/Paddock book used to be $60-70. Now it's cheaper. Curtis's 2,500 Years of European Helmets used to be $200+; now it can be found under $100.

I think people are more apt to sell their libraries when tough economic times hit. Plus, the internet makes it easy to research fair prices and find more buyers.

[Mrak E.Smith]

Chad, that may be the case, but dont be frustrated, you have some real rare books still scarcely be seen, like Italian series Arte e tecnica, which I dont even dream to collect them all.
IMO best keep our storage or buy some low-price books, and wait untill finance environment get better~