Neil Hagley
Well-known member
Just in case you are short of cash and have a spare 'Jenni & Winkler' one has just sold on Ebay tonight for an incredible £215! If I remember rightly the last one went for £208 so it's probably a record.
On a serious note the sad thing about this is that these are not in themselves collectible (unlike New Naturalist or Poyser) but are presumably sought by ringers or trainees as working copies. I've got one so there is no vested interest here but surely there must be a justification for doing some kind of reprint at reasonable cost for the benefit of the ringing community. A similar thing happened when Svensson went out of print (whatever has happened to the 5th edition by the way??) when they were selling for silly money on Ebay. The BTO I think arranged a reprint and lo and behold sensible prices prevail.
On a serious note the sad thing about this is that these are not in themselves collectible (unlike New Naturalist or Poyser) but are presumably sought by ringers or trainees as working copies. I've got one so there is no vested interest here but surely there must be a justification for doing some kind of reprint at reasonable cost for the benefit of the ringing community. A similar thing happened when Svensson went out of print (whatever has happened to the 5th edition by the way??) when they were selling for silly money on Ebay. The BTO I think arranged a reprint and lo and behold sensible prices prevail.
