Who can resist big floppy ears and a wagging tail? Dog figurines and stuffed animals made by almost any maker is something many people can’t resist. Most commonly when thinking about dog figurines, ceramics is the first thought. Names like Staffordshire, Beswick and Carltonware come to mind. Dogs from these makers often range from ...
Books inspire passion in people from all walks of life. Why not turn that passion into a little extra pocket money by learning the art of being a book scout? Book scouts are individuals who haunt estate and library sales and other interesting venues looking for elusive collectible books to sell to antiquarian book dealers. ...
There they sat, gathering cobwebs in a dusty corner of the attic in the old house in Lafayette Square. There were probably four or five hundred of them total when we moved. Some of the comic books were in pristine condition, other were torn and frayed with the front covers missing. The old ones were ...
If you spend any time around a used book store, you’ve no doubt been a witness to this scene: someone pulls up with a trunk load of used books. Load by load, they struggle to carry them into the used book store, dropping a few along the way. Once inside, the buyer quickly shuffles through ...
The difference between a first edition of a collectible book and a later edition is sometime tremendous. A first edition of Gone With The Wind will fetch $50,000 in an auction if it is in excellent condition. The second edition in the same condition will perhaps bring in $3,000 and a later edition only $10 ...
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