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Where would a person sell a set of the four Garrett Collection catalogues
CaptHenway
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Hardbound, with prices realized. A dealer friend of mine is looking to sell them and I don't know that market.
Thx.
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The BST, or eBay.
Sunshine Rare Coins
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eBay. I have no idea what such a set would bring. The "market" will decide the price.
Kolbe & Fanning?
Latin American Collection
Bryce Books will give you an idea of the value, too.
http://brycebooks.squarespace.com/storage/Coin-Auction-Catalogs.htm
Pacific Northwest Numismatic Association
Getting harder to get much for printed material these days with the NNP......
In the last Kolbe & Fanning auction, the prices were very strong!
Really interesting. Looks like I have a few of the $25 ones in my shelf. Like Cardinal and Richmond.
Which may sit in inventory for 5 years so expect a $5 offer
Latin American Collection
Probably. Or less.
I have a Set, not hardbound with orig. Prices Realized, I always thought they'd be a collectible. Guess not.
I have the hardcover editions. Truly an amazing collection.
Latin American Collection
There's gotta be someone who's going to be interested. Good luck
eBay - start at 99c.
Used book buyers usually offer next to nothing regardless of what their retail prices are for the same item. It is just the way it is in the used book market. It is nothing new and offers may get even worse in the future as real books decline in popularity among young people who want everything online.
If there is a "buy it now" on eBay for $54.52, shipping included, you might try listing your for $5.00 less, shipping included and see if you get a buyer.
They used to bring more years ago. Digital is definately affecting the values.
If some one wants harcover editions, they seem like a good deal now though I'm happy with my softcover set. I use the NNP a lot but still prefer the physical catalogs as they are still faster to look through (if you can locate them quickly - one advantage digital can have over catalogs along with space availability issues).
Here is a set that sold on Ebay for $40 BIN plus $6.52 shipping on August 26, 2020. No mention if prices realized were included.
It is a great collection worth having a copy of for almost any collector just for the historical info.
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https://ebay.com/itm/THE-GARRETT-COLLECTION-SALES-1979-thru-1981-Set-of-4-/293705849868?hash=item44623b9c0c%3Ag%3AHiIAAOSwiZpfRWhW&nma=true&si=lQhw07JO5VhRFTUTeDkFqLTx1eg%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
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Charlie Davis predicted that the NNP would kill off numismatic literature collecting. Genuinely rare items, especially ones having had prominent prior owners, are doing just fine. Anything less than ca. $200 isn't holding its value. Even some of the more common plated Chapman catalogs (over $1K) have fallen in value. At this point, common items (like the Garrett catalogs) are best disposed of via the BST, Ebay or perhaps through coin club contacts. They won't bring much if sold to a numislit dealer now (and I count three of them in the U. S. at this point).
When I began assembling a numismatic library in 2007, there were five firms that routinely conducted numislit auctions in the U. S., and now there is one. More than half of the dedicated numislit dealers (having meaningful inventories) in 2007 have since retired or passed away. I am fairly certain that there will be just one full-time numislit dealer left in the U. S. two years from now. This is not an indicator of a healthy subfield of numismatics.
I like the NNP---it's convenient, and one can do a quick keyword search. But...just as is the case with U. S. coins, most collectible numislit is not rare. The common post-WWII auction catalogs, for example, were never going to increase in value in my lifetime. I think one could count post-WWII coin auction catalogs valued at over ca. $800 (even in presentation editions) on one or possibly two hands. Before the NNP, there was a market for cheap auction catalogs and books (even ones in the $10-$50 range); Fred Lake and Orville Grady specialized in these kinds of items. It's very tough for a dealer to stay in business now, if he is sitting on an inventory packed with cheap numislit. Pre-WWII and antiquarian items have also become more difficult to sell during the last year, based on what I have seen in the inventories of K&F and Davis.
Just as is usually the case with coins, developing an interest in collecting numismatic literature tends to start with the acquisition of cheaper items by coin collectors. I have met plenty of coin collectors who tried very hard to avoid spending money on numismatic books and catalogs. With the NNP expanding its holdings, coin collectors will have even less incentive to buy numislit. Where will the next generation of serious numislit collectors come from? By and large, I think Davis was right.
RMR: 'Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen?'
CJ: 'No one!' [Ain't no angels in the coin biz]
@Sonora I fear you may be right.
I personally have a lot of trouble using the NNP. Their search feature is not user friendly.
Digitization was inevitable. The costs of scanning have fallen dramatically.
Even before NNP (which went live in 2016), Google Books was scanning things like Crosby, the American Journal of Numismatics, early editions of The Numismatist, etc. In parallel, all new numismatic content became born digital, which meant you didn't need to acquire printed literature at all, unless you wanted to.
References like PCGS Coin Facts aggregated staggering quantities of auction results, making it more practical to acquire scattered catalogs rather than complete runs.
Ironically, Newman himself was strongly inclined to print format. At one point he decided he needed a hardcopy of the weekly E-Sylum and dispatched his assistant to go print them all out. A large box of several hundred printouts was assembled, which some years later met its fate in the recycle bin.
LOL, and I thought I was the only nut who printed out all of the E-Sylum installments.
RMR: 'Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen?'
CJ: 'No one!' [Ain't no angels in the coin biz]
Yes, though I love the idea of the NNP and think it is the way of the future, I have not had much luck with it. 90% of the search results I click on say something to the effect of "this material is still in publication so you can't read it." After 3 or 4 of those events, I tend to give up.
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