I understand all the critics.
Instead of selling you might want to contact Dave. If he cant recover it, then I doubt anyone can.
He work with a very reasonable commission, you will get much much more than you are asking.
Best part is that he dont even need the entire wallet, only the header, so he cannot steal your coins. When he is done working he will tell you if he can recover or not.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=240779.0Dave will ask if you can remember anything about the password, any info wi greatly increase the chance of success.
Good luck