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However, it doesnt always inspire the excitement or anticipation that i usually feel at the start of a great antique book hunt. Many people like collecting older books from flea markets and antique shops but it can be hard to tell which books in your collection really have value. And trust us, we read hundreds of books to find them. If you attempted to buy the book from a small bookseller via a book listings service like abebooks, then you should contact the listings service for help. At the age of six he began with sea shells, and soon graduated to coins, the gateway drug to so many other fields of collecting.
Beyond scarcity, there are several other factors that influence the value of an old book. You need to take your time immersing your senses in old books, leaf through them and get a feel for the pages, touch the cracks on the spine and use your nose. Often these collectors search out antique books to add to. In other words, it takes a dealer time to sort, bag, board and price any comic book. Refer to allen and patricia aherns collected books. Alibris is one of the premier rare and outofprint book sites on the internet. Price guides and books antique trader book collectors guide. For over 40 years, kelley blue book has been the trusted resource for snowmobile values and pricing. This site provides values and information on firearms in a convenient online pricing guide format, and allows you to find out what your used guns are worth. Young adult books that kids with values can read 399 books. That old book in your attic may not be worth much to you, but it might be worth a lot to a. Be sure to set up saved searches aka want matches, and well let you know the moment a matching book comes available for sale.
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I work for a guy who does a lot of appraisals and ive been put in charge of figuring out the value of a bunch of antique books. First editions are soughtafter by book collectors and a first edition is usually more valuable than a later printing. We will also want to see any inscriptions or book plates, and any. For many book collectors, the value of their antique books is more than a specific monetary value.
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