Monday I happened across a cute and short dictionary name posted for sale without a price. I calmly offered $125, but before the offer was accepted I found a forum which does domain appraisals where the owner had the name appraised and 5 people placed a value on the name at between $50 to $100. This is a very respected forum, and those that offered their appraisal would certainly appear to be in the know.
After the deal was done, I parked the name and it appears that the name will bring in about a buck a day from type-in traffic and after two days, I've had two offers to buy the name. One was for $1,500.
Just had to post a note to say that yes, there are still great deals to be had in the domain name game!