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Converting Old Prices To Current Value: Finally A Tool - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman Figuring out the value of a book is probably the most vexing issue facing booksellers and collectors alike. Not that there is any lack of data. Books have been auctioned in the open market for over three centuries. Knowledgeable booksellers have been placing prices on them for at least that long. There is an enormous wealth of information. The problem is that many of these valuations are old. How can we use...

Converting Old Prices To Current Value: Finally A Tool

- By Michael Stillman

By Michael Stillman Figuring out the value of a book is probably the most vexing issue facing booksellers and collectors alike. Not that there is any lack of data. Books have been auctioned in the open market for over three centuries. Knowledgeable booksellers have been placing prices on them for at least that long. There is an enormous wealth of information. The problem is that many of these valuations are old. How can we use...


Book Valuation Gets a Place at the Table - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney I've seen the future and can report it's exciting. Well, this isn't exactly Martin Luther King saying "I've seen the promised...	First Catalogues - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney Over the past three years I have acquired 2 to 3 million auction records and about 17,500 dealer catalogues from the period...
Using Overstock.com Auctions - By Carl Burnham By Carl Burnham As booksellers, we are always seeking new avenues to market our items to attract new customers. Overstock.com is one such...	Confessions of a Compulsive Book Packer - By Renee Roberts By Renee Magriel Roberts Today I added another dealer name to my "never buy from again" master list when a book that I ordered arrived...
Stacked: The Bookshop Makes It To TV! - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman The bookshop has finally made it to the small screen. Thanks to the good folks at Fox TV, a mythical bookstore will...	The Most Important Book You Will Ever Read - The Oil Endgame. - By Michael Stillman By Michael Stillman You must read this book. It may well be the most important one you will ever read. The authors think it is...
Collecting New Authors - By Bruce McKinney By Bruce McKinney I recently discovered an author whose work I admire: Katharine Weber. She teaches at Yale and writes fiction through the...	Fact, Fiction, and More from Bauman Rare Books By Michael Stillman Bauman Rare Books, of New York and Philadelphia, recently issued a catalogue of "New Acquisitions." There are no particular limits on the...
American Miscellany from J & J Hanrahan By Michael Stillman This month we review our first catalogue from J & J Hanrahan. The Hanrahans are located in Wells, Maine, along the Atlantic...	Spanish American Books and Manuscripts from Libreria de Antano By Michael Stillman Libreria de Antano, of Buenos Aires, Argentina, offers some of the finest books and manuscripts of Spanish America. That is not all...
Autographs, Manuscripts and More of Famous People from The Raab Collection By Michael Stillman The Raab Collection has issued its Catalogue 49 of one-of-a-kind material - manuscripts, personal letters, and other signed documents, photographs, and...	Rare American Books and Manuscripts from The 19th Century Shop By Michael Stillman The 19th Century Shop has published its 104th catalogue, American Books and Manuscripts. It offers an interesting mix of familiar and obscure...
More From The American West From Arthur H. Clark By Michael Stillman The Arthur H. Clark Company has issued A Catalog of Fine Books, number 919 for this century-old bookseller. This catalogue includes a...	Rare Books in the Arts and More from Charles Wood By Michael Stillman Charles Wood Antiquarian Booksellers' latest catalogue, One Hundred Nine Rare Books, or "Catalogue 122," lives up to its name and Wood's reputation....