It would be nice to get this out of the hands of collectors hoarding it to themselves especially after 27 years. I understand why they may though, if I where to fit the entire bill I would want back my investment at the very least if I were to put up for sale again. I recall a year or so ago some hardcore Genesis fans all got together, pooled & purchased the only film print of a performance of the group in 1973 from a collector that wanted some bucks. The fans also put this film into the public domain to be downloaded freely on torrent sites for the DVD format after their purchase. Since this is a preservation forum…
I did contact this seller to see if they would be willing to send me just a photocopy or the equivalent in whatever format they choose for much lower than their asking price for this draft. I’m sure they had a good laugh. It would be worth up to $200.00 - $300.00 CAN to at least to have a photocopy of this exact draft for sale to read considering I don’t really know what it is that I’m buying or if it would really be as helpful to me as I believe. However, I did see evidence of a listing of a photocopy for sale in Australia of a 1st. 5th draft for TESB, but the eBay posting is gone after clicking on the Google result. This Australian photocopy could have been a fake, but who knows?
You know my motivation for wanting a copy & just maybe there are others here that may have another reason that they may enjoy to have a copy of this. Possibly there could be a raffle of the original between yourselves or can share it amongst yourselves at different times of the year if we were to pool the purchase. Of course, we can always wait & see what turns up in the future hopefully for free.