I just realized one of my best investments is in ANR auction catalogs

Longacre

I would never sell these masterpieces, but I was curious how their value in the market compared to the values of the telephone books and the juiced out picture catalogs that I have from other firms. Using the retail values from one auction catalog seller's site, I calculated the retail value of the ANR catalogs to be almost $350. And that is not goosing the number a bit for the set premium. Had I been a little smarter, I could have engaged in a well managed promotion with ANR catalogs from the start by signing up (preferably for free) under various pseudonyms and addresses, and then flipped the catalogs for up to a $350 profit.

ziggy29

Hmm. I have a spare copy of the 1996 B&M Eliasberg sale still in its original packaging....

kryptonitecomics

I just picked up a 2003 ANR Catalog from the Baltimore Classic sale along with a June 2006 Heritage Long Beach catalog for a $5 bid at my local coin club auction last night

RYK

Retail price and what you might actually get for these common, recent catalogs (if anything) might be further apart than you think. However, if you are patient and hold the catalogs for many years (and your wife does not discard them) , they might be worth something, say, in 2050 or so. I keep them and enjoy them for what they are and have no pretense about profiting from them (monetarily, anyway).

toreador

Hate to say it but the best way to find out is to see what people pay for these with george kolbe george kolbe or through sites like bookfinder. If you are talking about soft and fuzzy prices based upon intangibles that is one thing, but if you want to know what people will pay on the open market, this is the way.

Longacre

So you're telling me I can't retire off of these catalogs?