I generally don't have much trouble finding ballet DVD's, especially on Amazon, and they're at a reasonable price. However, I saw a clip of Alessandra Ferri's first act variation from Giselle and I loved it, so I decided to see if the DVD was available. Imagine my dismay when I discover that the cheapest one was on Amazon at $525. This is from the marketplace because the DVD is no longer in production. However, I still find that the price is impossibly high. They can't reasonably expect someone to spend five hundred dollars or more on a DVD? Has anyone had a similar experience with any other DVDs and other stores? It's just that I'm upset because I really wanted to see this particular production of Giselle and it frustrates me that people would charge a price that is simply not worth it, even if one had the money at hand.

Isn't this situation true for any collectable since the supply is fixed? If the demand goes up, then the price must go up too. (Van Gogh paintings go for considerably more .)

and aren't the individual prices for used and supposedly rare items set by the seller?
amazon is only a clearing house, if that's the word for it, not the price-setter.

Yes, that's true; the individual seller sets the price.

Wow, I thought the price for this DVD @ $150 was a lot when I was looking for it about 5 years ago!

But $525. Yikes.

This has been out of circulation for years now.

A little advice, keep checking back, I've noticed this DVD for as low as about $50 on amazon marketplace during the last few years.

Also check Ebay from time to time, copies turn up

Ferri's Giselle is broadcasted RIGHT NOW by Italian pay TV (Sky classica Channel).
Hard to think that somebody could pay 525 (or 150 or 50) dollar for it.

This video is available at www.berkshirerecordoutlet.com for about 7.99.

However, be warned that it's a pirate with somewhat inferior video quality.

The DVD is still in print in Europe, courtesy of Arthaus Musik. If you've got a region-free player, you can get it for a good deal less than $525 on German, French or British Amazon.
http://www.arthaus-musik.com/templates/tyC...etail.php?id=86

Holy cow Am I ever glad I bought it when is was in circulation! Haven't watched this in a while, but remember loving Ferri (of course) and being pleasantly surprised by Murro and the corps de ballet. Unfortunately, Isabel Seabra's Myrtha was seriously earthbound, a performance that would deter me from spending too much. On the other hand, this appears to be the only Ferri Giselle on dvd, so....

Keep checking Amazon & Ebay, I was able to buy this for $68 only 3 months back from Amazon Marketplace.

Also this DVD (Giselle by Ferri and Murru) is available in Japan
http://fairynet.co.jp/SHOP/4560219320680.html

although region code is 2, NTSC format.

I saw her Giselle live in Havana years ago for...how much...?...like 5 bucks-(Cuban currency, translated to 0.25 cents of a dollar...great deal, ah...? )

I saw it on display at the gift shop of the Opera Garnier in Paris but it isn't listed on the website. Perhaps if you telephoned and asked them? HTH.