selling your stuff on Amazon - part 8 - advice for newbies in the first 2 posts

princessmoneysaver

Just sold another DVD, listed 12 earlier today & sold 2 of them already!

bukup

picked up a rare one today......

Foxe's Martyrs

great condition

paid a tenner,hope to get between £200-300 as its quite modern

circa 1866

pity its not a first

possibly £20000-£30000 !

this has great plates in it...I may end up keeping it....

kind regards Bukup

wilf55

where did you buy it from bukup and how did you decide it was a good one before you bought it thanks

tsharp

You mean like this one, for £5.50?

wilf55

can a couple of others join and be given numbers cos i would like to be 81 if no one else has that is

thank you

apprentice_tycoon

Hi wilf, take 81 and we'll push 3 people in behind you!

bukup

tsharp wrote:

You mean like this one, for £5.50?

no...the one I got has over 100 full page engravings,each engraving could be possibly worth £5-£10 EACH alone.The one I have was published by CASSELL,PETTER, AND GALPIN
similar to this one:

http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?ac=sl&st=sl&qi=Lv50zRHAHCs0G,Eqs3QcoLSQJAI_7321742366_2:122:197

but mine is in very good condition,the one on bookfinder is only acceptable.

As we are all aware,the condition of a book (particularly rare/collectable ones) can swing the price massively.

As does the fact if it has a dust cover or not.Collectors want books in the best condition available,and will pay top dollar if a book ticks all/most of the boxes.

(In my opinion)it is worth paying £10.00 for 1 collectable book,than £5.00 for 50 paperbacks.But please remember,this is my feeling towards this subject,and I fully respect how other buyers go about their business.

Obviously if a bargain comes along and I can purchase items cheaper,then I will,but the old saying....

"you have to speculate to accumulate" could never be more true !

Kind regards Bukup

wilf55

well done bukup good luck with selling it and i am now amazon club member 0081 will update my sig in a bit otherwise brats...darlings will be late for school

Christina_F

Could I ask a question - it might sound dumb but I need help with a book!!

How do you know if a book is a first edition? If it is a first edition how would you price it?

I have a book which is notlisted on Amazon. I was about to list on EBAY but thought i would check it here first

Inside it says
First Edition MAy1955
by Educational Productions Ltd
London

The book title is Cricket -How to play. (from play the game series) and published for the MCC.

Inside are a couple of leaflets dating to early 1960's

ANy help would be much appreciated.

funkyfunkymonkey

Christina_F wrote:

Could I ask a question - it might sound dumb but I need help with a book!!

How do you know if a book is a first edition? If it is a first edition how would you price it?

I have a book which is notlisted on Amazon. I was about to list on EBAY but thought i would check it here first

Inside it says
First Edition MAy1955
by Educational Productions Ltd
London

The book title is Cricket -How to play. (from play the game series) and published for the MCC.

Inside are a couple of leaflets dating to early 1960's

ANy help would be much appreciated.

Hi Christina

There is a small section in the 2nd post of this thread, it might help as it has a couple of links in it.

FFM