Sounds as though the AC copy certainly did have an impact on the asking price for this copy.
Pretty agressive asking price for a 4.0 copy at what basically amounts to almost 10X condition guide versus only a bit over 6X guide for the highest graded 9.2 AC copy.
Sounds as though it's getting more expensive the lower down you go in grade. No surprise as to the no sale end result.
Actually the negotiations were cut off by the seller, as he ( I ) really does not want to sell the book at this time, so the chance of a sale was better, than not, IMHO,
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and the price range was actually determined before the AC copy ever even came to market (thumbs u