HOW TO VALUE OLD & RARE BOOKS Part 2

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Adam Weinberger, an ABAA Rare Book Dealer, (aka the "Rare Book Buyer") discusses how he generally goes about valuing rare book with a couple instructive examples.
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@claudiapeterson3637 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you...excellent info. I am a bibliophile...very new to this business

@gruesometwosome6098 3 жыл бұрын

Adam your knowledge is vast, & appreciated. Thank you for another fascinating video. 👍

@shellylackie8506 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Adam! You're wonderful as always... Fascinating!!

@RareBookBuyer 3 жыл бұрын

Appreciate that. Thanks

@jeremielandry5614 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the great video. As for your comment on democratizing the knowledge I think it's a necessity for the antiquarian book trade to survive. For centuries, new dealers would apprentice under an established book dealer and learn the trade. A cycle that's been affected by the book trade's struggle to adapt to the rise of e-commerce. As many bookshops were unable to successfully make that transition and ended up closing, apprentice opportunities are more scarce and non-existent in many localities. In order for the trade to continue, the new generation of would be tech savvy dealers need information like this to revitalize the trade. The added competition of new sellers can also inflate market values, thus making everyone's stock, collection more valuable. Myself as a collector, it makes me a lot more comfortable to buy rare books when I better understand the in's and out's of the antiquarian book trade.

@RareBookBuyer 3 жыл бұрын

The transparency and availability of info - works both ways. It serves to educate in pricing but can also lead to unrealistic expectations when selling without fully understanding the nuances of the particular book or even the book business itself. I get many offers for sale at full retail prices that only booksellers might get with all of the time invested and costs involved to get those prices. Hopefully, the video helps explain a basic valuation process with common tools online.

@jeremielandry5614 3 жыл бұрын

@@RareBookBuyer That's a good point you make there Adam, you've give me much to pounder about.

@anthonylilly6862 Жыл бұрын

Great work. Informative

@shellylackie8506 3 жыл бұрын

Licentious Behavior...I rarely get to say that in a conversation😂 Thanks, once again, for the great video today!

@RareBookBuyer 3 жыл бұрын

Licentious behaviour is like any other skill - use it or lose it

@shellylackie8506 3 жыл бұрын

@@RareBookBuyer 😂😂😂😂😂

@sandy-sagerabbitvintage2681 2 жыл бұрын

This and your other vlogs have been extremely helpful with my new sideline business of vintage books. Currently, I'm having difficulty with with a recent purchase of a set of ten Edgar Allan Poe books published by Fred De Fau. Problem, this set does not have a copyright page. Everything out there states that they are a # of 1,000 plus, the title is different from the other publications. They all seem the be titled "The Complete Works..." or "The Works...", my is just "Works of...". I'm starting to believe that I have a unique set. As you often mention, I have "fallen into a rabbit hole" and am trying to give the correct information when I sell this without spending a fortune to find out this information. Any more suggestions?

@RareBookBuyer 2 жыл бұрын

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@normakurtz6830 2 жыл бұрын

Just wondering if it is best to be wearing some cotton gloves in touching book to keep natural hand oils off the book. Your presentation is very well spoken and organized.

@RareBookBuyer 2 жыл бұрын

Professionals general advise against wearing gloves for paper and archives with the exception perhaps of photographs

@normakurtz6830 2 жыл бұрын

@@RareBookBuyer Thank you. When at national archives had to wear them in researching a birth certificate, can understand archives would have all types of materials to protect

@raheeljilani573 Жыл бұрын

I have an old book with me from two hundred years ago

@rebeccalongokura3575 3 жыл бұрын

The blender HAHAHA!! For real that's what it seems like.

@yevgeniytrofimov732 2 жыл бұрын

I got a question. What if book have notes and underlinings by previous reader. Does it devalue price of the book? Thank You

@RareBookBuyer 2 жыл бұрын

Depends. Early annotations or annotations of an important scholar can greatly increase the volumes. Grandpa’s shopping list on the margins from 1985 will hurt it

@joeowczarzak2819 3 жыл бұрын

How much do you expect the price of a book to increase after the passing of the author?

@RareBookBuyer 3 жыл бұрын

Depends on rarity and importance and which author. No easy answer. I don’t deal in modern first editions much where the question is perhaps more relevant. Since Shakespeare passed, his prices have done quite well. Since, Swinburne- well, alas poor Swinburne!

@mcharlene7787 3 жыл бұрын

Scaleboard? Pulled off wood? Lost me there. Will have to research. But again, interesting informative video.

@RareBookBuyer 3 жыл бұрын

Try here foe a more in depth explanation. www.historic-deerfield.org/blog/2017/9/29/scaleboard-bindings-in-the-henry-n-flynt-library

@gabrielplattes6253 3 жыл бұрын

A fifth ed. of an American printing of an English work few would desire, & missing leaves... You'd be lucky to get $80 for it. ;) A serious consideration is, 'how many want the work?' - how desirable is it. That, along with size of print run, and condition, set prices. Few hunt for this title. So few, that such can be picked up at a dime a dozen. But, I prattle on... Do feel free to delete this, I would certainly understand. ps. I do love these videos, few do it well, and it is a fascinating subject. It has great scope to gain a very large following.

@RareBookBuyer 3 жыл бұрын

It is a fifth editon “as stated” but likely an earlier american one if i check (I have not yet). I have had others before - almost always missing a leaf or so ans have easily sold them for $300. Early colonial imprints are getting hard to find and this is a nice example in the original binding with the added woman’s provenance. I think that is a reasonable valuation. I wish I could buy them for $80. Of course I always appreciate your comments and valuations can only be based on one’s own sense of the market. I won’t pass the comment on to the book though - pre 1750 American imprints are known to have fragile egos

@gabrielplattes6253 3 жыл бұрын

@@RareBookBuyer The binding and provenance are indeed nice... Bless you mate, - you are a gentleman. My comments are coloured by my own subjective sense of what is desirable... 😀🍻