(Part 3) Top products from r/whatsthisworth

Congratulations on the great find!


I think that the $10k is a fairly reasonable offer.The dealer will likely try to sell the book for $15-20k and is unlikely to get the higher end of that unless the book is an exceedingly rare first edition as explained below. The condition is not as good as the higher price comps. The dealer is going to have to hold onto the book for several years before they are going to find someone that wants to buy it. I would do the homework below, copy all the relevant pages out of BAL, highlight the applicable parts, and try to get $12-14k in cash from the dealer.


I can tell you exactly what the book dealer is doing to determine the price of your book. A little background information on what collectors are looking for will help you understand the market.


The majority of book collectors want the earliest edition and printing possible. To get the best idea for the value you need to figure out the state and issue of the book. These refer to either deliberate or accidental changes to the printing of the first edition. Ignoring condition factors, a book that is a first edition, first issue, and first state is going to be the most valuable version of the book. Here is a better definition of state and issue. Also, the blue cover is approximately 20 times rarer than the green cover, making your book more valuable.


The first edition points you have listed, aren't to determine if the book is a first edition or not, they are to determine the issue and state of the book. There are comps that I found below that list a variety of factors that are used to determine the state and issue of the book. This information comes from a set of books call the Bibliography of American Literature (BAL). Your library might have a set of these books. If not, a university or larger library will have a set. You need to find a set of these books so you don't miss any important factors.


More detailed pricing information will be available in the American Book Prices Current (ABPC). They charge a yearly subscription so gaining access to the information might be difficult.


You're going to encounter lots of book jargon. I'd suggest picking up a copy of ABC for Book Collectors as it will be a helpful reference guide. This book will also help you determine how the book would be graded.


Here are comps. When reading the description pay attention to their description of the state and issue of the book being sold.

http://www.abaa.org/books/247848094.html
http://www.mabks.com/Huckleberry_Finn.htm - Green cover
http://forum.biblio.com/index.php?topic=9547.0;prev_next=next
http://www.baumanrarebooks.com/rare-books/twain-mark-kemble-edward-w-/adventures-of-huckleberry-finn-blue-/83771.aspx

Personally, Grosset & Dunlap were a sneaky, less than honest publishing company. To my knowledge, they never published anything original. If I see their name, I completely dismiss the book. I've seen them sold in bookstores as first or special editions by people who should know better. Or perhaps those booksellers are also less than ethical.

I have a copy "First Editions of Dr. Seuss Books: A Guide to Identification" by Helen Younger & Marc Younger (https://www.amazon.com/First-Editions-Seuss-Books-Identification/dp/1892168081) which is very good, although they've made several corrections to it. I sent Ms. Younger a note of appreciation and thanked her profusely for having done all that work. She replied that had they known how much work it would actually be, they never would have begun the project in the first place. She sounded rather bitter about it.

Since then, the internet has become a more robust and reliable (sometimes) resource for helping identify various editions but my go-to guides are still "A Pocket Guide to the Identification of First Editions Paperback" and "Points of Issue: A Compendium of Points of Issue of Books by 19th-20th Century Authors" both
by Bill McBride.

When he said “you wouldn’t believe me” reminded me of a great book that changed my outlook on life “Nothing in This Book Is True, But It's Exactly How Things Are” by Bob Frissell. Here is an amazon link: it will tell you all the secrets
https://www.amazon.com/Nothing-This-Exactly-Things-Anniversary/dp/1556438311/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2JHG0BDXT4WLO&keywords=nothing+in+this+book+is+true+but+it%27s+exactly+how+things+are&qid=1556244776&s=gateway&sprefix=Nothing+in+this%2Caps%2C220&sr=8-1

It's not worth much. Depending on the condition of the discs, I'd say it's worth anywhere from $5 to $15.

Sources:

VideoGamePriceCharts

Amazon

eBay

Recently completed auctions on eBay

Hope that helps.

This is pretty small right? Like the size of a note card? It's advertisement for that soda company. Jones I think...these came with the Haggard DVD.

Edit: actually, it was this DVD. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00009VTXO/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1505547929&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=cky+trilogy+dvd&dpPl=1&dpID=51QTE90C51L&ref=plSrch

Doesn't appear to be too extensive, but it's going to bring down the price quite a bit due to the fact that it appears (from a quick google search) this book is pretty common.

Check it out at Amazon

Very little unfortunately

It's a bummer too, I used to collect bb cards back then and always wanted one of those Ken Griffeys but couldn't afford it as a kid. Now they're just slightly more valuable then the cardboard they're printed on.

You got a really bad deal, and I am starting to question how out of touch the users in this subreddit are. I would have expected at least $100 from a used game store.

Amazon trade-ins (assuming no boxes/manuals/"acceptable" condition):

NES Games:

• Tecmo Superbowl: $13.09 (I bet not many people realized this is the most valuable of the NES games he had)
  
• Castlevania: $11.86
  
• Super Mario bros. 3: $9.81
  
• Final Fantasy: $7.67
  
• Ghost and Goblins: $5.89
  
• Ninja Gaiden: $4.53
  
• Blades of Steel: $2.39
  
• Double Dragon: $1.33
  
• Pro Am: $0.87
  
• Skate or Die: $0.87
  
  Genesis games:
  
  
• Road Rash II: $2.85
  
• Altered Beast: $1.43
  
• Mortal Kombat: $0.87
  
• Jurassic Park: $0.87
  
• Sonic the Hedgehog 2: $0.87
  
  
  Amazon consoles/controllers trade-ins:
  
  
• Sega Genesis I Console: $3.12
  
• 2 x Sega Genesis Game Controllers Model #1650: $2.12
  
• 2 x NES controllers: $1.80
  
  
• Total = $71.31
  
  So if you clicked all those links, accepted Amazons TOS and mailed them a box with all that stuff they would have given you $71.31. Note that they don't accept NES consoles for trade-ins by themselves, although bundles of NES consoles with the 3 Mario games or with Duck Hunt and the zapper they will trade in for around $100. Some of the Genesis games I couldn't identify. Some of the Genesis games are somewhat valuable but Amazon isn't accepting trade-ins. Here are what the minimum asking price is for the following games:
  
  Amazon Genesis games:
  
  
• Castlevania bloodlines: $46.36
  
• Shining Force: $33.00
  
• Rocket Knight Adventures: $15.49
  
• Top Gear 2: $9.64
  
• Shining in the Darkness: $7.99
  
• Sword of Vermillion: $5.87
  
  With those games and the NES console I would have expected a used game store to give around $100 for everything. Of course if you don't mind waiting (and waiting) and shipping and posting you could get a least a few hundred.

$15 then. Good eye.

Looks like this...

George Foreman GR30CB XXL Grill https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00004R941/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_9tQNBbWTGKRR2

Probably not a lot, since they are all in this book now. Cool scrapbook though. I would have probably bought it myself.

The customer reviews (from 1999) for that thing are hilariously retro.

https://www.amazon.com/Sony-MZ-R55-Portable-MiniDisc-Recorder/product-reviews/B00001YVFJ

Umm, $36-ish https://www.amazon.com/Study-Scarlet-Valley-Fear/dp/B00153BNLG

https://www.amazon.com/BLUE-LAPIS-GEMSTONE-GLOBE-Stand/dp/B001G7JQS8

I saw it on Amazon which is what confuse me, the ISBN is not the same:

ISBN-10: 1616083778 | ISBN-13: 978-1616083779

the one I have is printed 2010, that one says 2011. Doesn't say if it is the first edition.

Another point of confusion is why the paperback goes for $200+, or is that one of these automated amazon pricing tricks? Here.

RE: Damage - it's a shame, but its not too distracting.

Thanks for the help!

Amazon has it listed for as low as 25.00 to as high as 49.00.

eBay has it for as little as 5.50

A quick search online (always do this first) reveals they're not worth too much, but it's not worthless either.

House of the Dead 2 Gunset - ~$30 US
Virtua Gun - ~$80 US