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Very, very few books are actually worth all that much money. I used to browse Sotheby's book auction catalogs and even stuff like handwritten poems by Wordsworth sells for surprisingly little. I remember the original manuscript for How the Grinch Stole Christmas, with Dr. Seuss's hand illustrations, some of which were never published, only sold for around $24,000, and that was about the most top-dollar book item I saw (for comparison, in the same auction a letter from Marilyn Monroe signed 'Norma Jean" sold for upwards of two million).
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inktvis posted:Like Hieronymous said, it's probably best to be skeptical if you're trying to pin a value on something. By way of comparison, I've got a first English edition of Camus' The Fall, which is only worth about 10 bucks more than buying a new copy. The other side of this is that it's comparatively cheap to become a collector of really cool books. Hell, when I was a teenager I bought a first American edition of the Silmarillion for $10. Hardback with a big foldout map and everything! If you keep an eye out and have reasonably esoteric tastes, you can often find early or signed editions of books by favorite authors at prices that are reasonably affordable.
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Mar 14, 2014 14:56
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Yeah, unfortunately "first book club editions" are generally worthless. They're actually kindof a fun entry-level into book collecting in that regard, if you aren't too concerned about dollar value and just want to own a neat book.
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