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Story Time.......

The rules are simple, tell a bookselling story. Hardest Collation, Foulest Stench Removal, Big Scores, Lucky Finds, Creative Insights, Business Maneuvers, History of the World, the glory of it all, bubblegum and bamboo shoots.... May I begin by telli...

Question About An Old Book Please

I collect and sell mostly glass and pottery and know very little about old books. However I think this one is quite interesting. It is all written in German. Not asking about value, but do you feel it is worth selling? Anything you can tell me about ...

Nobody Thinks About eBay

http://bit.ly/2zrQdJT I thought I posted this earlier this week. Anyone else see this article from earlier this week.

19th C. Engraving: True First Edition?

Hi everyone, You all have helped me in the past and was hoping someone can please help again? I posted an inquire on the Collectibles Board regarding an 1850s engraving, here is the link: https://community.ebay.com/t5/Collectibles-Art/19th-C-Engravin...

NPR does story on textbook market and timing

http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2017/10/18/558564675/episode-581-free-money Interesting story but they left out details on how these guys deal with the changing editions which can make the book next to worthless.

California Autograph Law

Looks like this applies to anyone shipping autographed books or memorabilia into California. http://www.antiquetrader.com/antiques/antiques-americana/implications-autographed-memorabilia-law?utm_source=enewsletter&utm_campaign=at-ara-nl-161018&utm_co...

When does a signature reduce the value of a book?

I sold a book a couple of weeks ago. It was a hard cover copy with dust jacket of Oceans of Wisdom: Guidelines for Living by the Dali Lama. http://ebay.to/2nzBN7EThe book had a forward by Richard Gere and was signed by the photographer who did photos...

Bookjackers

Probably not news to most here, but a good summary of how Bookjackers operate: http://www.zubalbooks.com/article-bookjacking.jsp

Guicciardini's History of Italy - and Columbus

DEFENDING COLUMBUS: In recent years, Columbus has been getting a lot of bad press for grabbing land, stealing gold, selling 10 year old girls for sex, killing children to feed his dogs, instituting race-based slavery, and generally succeeding (where ...

New to books* Desperately need TIPS in determining starting sales price.. Any advice appreciated!

I've recently aquired several large boxes of books that are mostly in good to like new condition, a few in fair condition. Most are WWII and/or AirForce topics, many of which are signed. I'm slowly starting to list. Last month listed 10 and sold 2 Al...

Antique book

Can anyone help with an antique book that I found. It is French. De. Th. Corneille. P. Corneille is the author. I have found several new versions of the book. But not this one an is from the 1800's. in french says 1st. Ed. It is a book of plays. It i...

I dont understand how one seller gets $40 and another seller gets $5 for the same magazine.