How Much Is My Book Worth Antique
How Much Is My Book Worth Antique. Well known to book collectors and booklovers our site is an excellent resource for discovering a rough value of an old book. The easiest way to know how much your copy of a book is worth on the open market is to check on how much similar copies are currently being offered for. Look at your book as a book collector would.
Signed first editions of the book have sold for up to 1000 on AbeBooks.
Recently an anonymous donor willed his entire book collection to the Wilson Public Library in Cozad Nebraska. Value is mostly determined by condition. Abe Books is an online database that allows you to search for antique and vintage books.
A hardcover book that still has a dust jacket will be valued higher than one without it. A book that has no water damage or torn pages will be worth more than a book that was improperly stored for years. Library Director Laurie Yocom estimated the total donation value at 15-20000.
Gottleib predicted that this rare copy could exceed 100000. The book the first printed by movable type sold for a whopping 539 million about 115 million today a world record at the time for the highest amount paid for a single book. Same as above but 1st edition 2nd and 3rd printings valued between 100 300.
Market trends will also affect the book value. 5000 for excellent condition. Generally rare book values are not a specific dollar figure.
Since I was formerly an antiquarian bookseller by profession I still occasionally receive e-mails and telephone calls asking me to state a value for a certain book or group of books that someone has in. You probably dont need to include every word of the title and authors name. Just as location location location is the mantra in the real estate world condition makes or breaks the value of a collectible book.
But when the hammer fell in November 2014 the book sold for 28400. Instead a dollar range is used. Antiquarian Book Values Or How Can I Tell How Much a Used or Rare Book is Worth.
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