OK, I just had to check out prices. I could not tell if they went up or not. Prices look the same as last year for the same garlic from the same farm, May be it is where I get them from did not raise? I did not check on the shipping.
As for the shallots, sorry I am no help on them.

Curt

I saw a big jump in garlic prices this year..although Bob in Texas has held at $16 and opened a small online market for many small growers that want to be seen.

I raised mine $1 and tacked on the fee I had to pay for accepting Paypal. I think I'm far more reasonable than the big boys who demand $18 and offer customer no-service. I don't know what kind of shallots you have but I'm planting my french grays around October 5th

Vendors at the local farmers market raised priced $1 this year, that was from $6 to $7 for garlic big enough to use for seed (not at nice as mine, though.)

Please share your methods of keeping garlic for a year.

I store my garlic in a cool and dark place. By July when I harvest the new garlic, I notice some sprouting. I am going to try to hold some of that for planting but also will have enough from the July 2011 harvest for replanting.

My garlic this year was not big, compared to what I grew the year before in 2009. We still have some of that garlic left (harvested in July 2009). Can I plant that garlic instead of the garlic I harvested in July 2010 ?? The older garlic is much bigger and still looks healthy.