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I hope someone has an answer to this question, but I just happened to cross paths with a Walt Disney Treasures Uncle Scrooge: A Little Something Special trade paperback, which I have learned is very rare from searching about it online, but I am wondering what the value is of this trade paperback as well.
The only imperfections on it are approx. seven tiny "oil spots" on the front cover with the largest no bigger than a dime and both covers have only a few small depression marks on them when angled in the proper light, otherwise it is in brand new condition and the binding feels like it has never been cracked either.
I am looking to sell this since I am a student and could use the money, so any help is appreciated.

Is it really that expensive? I didn't know.

Wow! That's expensive. The prices for the Gemstone issues have gone up. I'm still missing 9 Uncle Scrooge issues and can't find any for less then 20 USD in Germany.
Doesn't that show, that people want classic comics from Disney?

Yep. I don't really understand the economics of all this, but there is a strong disparity between what people charge for rare comics like this and what people are willing to actually PAY. If you check google shopping, you will find copies of Uncle Scrooge 310 on sale for three hundred and three hundred fifty dollars. These have been there for YEARS, because really, who the hell is going to pay that much? I mean, I'm pretty fanatical, and I paid more than I'm willing to admit for my copy of US310 (hey, I badly wanted to complete my Rosa collection), but I would NEVER have paid anything like that.

YIKES! $1,000 for the book on Amazon?!
Link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/188847288X/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1280935002&sr=1-1-spell&condition=new

You can also buy a copy of US #310 for $75... I guess that's a bargain by comparison.

Link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00149ZFFQ/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used

Whoa...for seventy-five dollars, anybody who's looking for a copy would be foolish not to snap that up RIGHT NOW.

I don't know, Lars. Maybe they weren't fans at the time. Maybe, lacking precognitive abilities, they didn't expect it to become so hard to find. I really couldn't say. But no--not a touch of sarcasm. You are vanishingly unlikely to find it for anything less than that, so if you really want it and you can afford this, you should buy it now.
The logic is ineluctable.

Quote from user: GeoXI don't know, Lars. Maybe they weren't fans at the time. Maybe, lacking precognitive abilities, they didn't expect it to become so hard to find.
Here's what my precognitive abilities are telling me today: if an easily-degradable item is produced in a very small quantity it will quickly become rare. That's why, say, several of BOOM!'s Standard Character publications will become rare and sought-after within ten years or less.