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EBay, Collectors, Flea Market & Antiques

Vinca

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9. Pricing books has become a nightmare, especially the really old ones.

Reply to grasswire (Reply #2)

Tue May 6, 2014, 07:55 AM

May 2014

I've got a couple of books from the mid-1800's and all I can find are the new copies people churn out on demand. There should be a special section for real old books and another for copies of them coming out of a laser printer somewhere.

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So, how was your weekend? [View all] wyldwolf May 2014 OP

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so what exactly do you look for? wyldwolf May 2014 #4

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my brother - a master thrifter if there ever was one - specializes in Western items wyldwolf May 2014 #6

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I think your niche is interesting grasswire May 2014 #2

you have a smartphone? wyldwolf May 2014 #3

What price an item sells for should have no safeinOhio May 2014 #8

Pricing books has become a nightmare, especially the really old ones. Vinca May 2014 #9

For most items safeinOhio May 2014 #10

So do I, but sometimes you find something really rare and the books on ebay Vinca May 2014 #11

apparently... grasswire May 2014 #12