Has anyone ever seen this edition of QDB's California Gold Rush book?

Longacre · May 8, 2007 11:55PM

Has anyone seen this edition of this book? Does anyone know to whom these special books were issued? It looks like a pretty snazzy copy, but the shipping looks excessive.

PS. I have no affiliation whatsoever with this auction.

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ziggy29 · May 9, 2007 12:02AM

That's fee avoidance, plain and simple. $55 for shipping? It would probably be sent by media mail, too...

StrikeOutXXX · May 9, 2007 12:19AM

<< Has anyone seen this edition of this book? Does anyone know to whom these special books were issued? It looks like a pretty snazzy copy, but the shipping looks excessive.

PS. I have no affiliation whatsoever with this auction.

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Found this on sunkentreasurebooks.com:

"A deluxe leather-bound edition (in a slipcase) was also produced, limited to 400 numbered copies (numbered on the bottom of the inside rear cover). These were never sold, but were given away with the purchase of a gold ingot salvaged from the "S.S. Central America"."

Coinosaurus · May 9, 2007 12:33AM

This is the one that is said to have cost $1000 per copy to produce.

RYK · May 9, 2007 12:35AM

If I were still a gold coin collector, and not a seated/copper collector, I might be interested in such a book!

fc · May 9, 2007 12:39AM

If I were still a gold coin collector, and not a seated/copper collector, I might be interested in such a book!

Blasphemy!

RWB · May 9, 2007 12:50AM

The books you mention were produced as part of the marketing plan for the gold. Given the weight (this is occasionally called the "hernia edition")and cost of the book (if one could have purchased it separately) shipping via media mail is probably not the best idea.

BTW:
There are a small number of numismatic book collectors who like to purchase special, limited editions, usually with leather binding, etc., for their collections. These also show up in numismatic book auctions. (I've considered it for my own books, but could never justify the additional cost or selling to an unknown number of buyers.)

ziggy29 · May 9, 2007 1:12AM

<< The books you mention were produced as part of the marketing plan for the gold. Given the weight (this is occasionally called the "hernia edition")and cost of the book (if one could have purchased it separately) shipping via media mail is probably not the best idea. >>

Probably not. But it would nevertheless not surprise me if they tried.

Any guess on where this will go? I'll say $300.

StrikeOutXXX · May 9, 2007 1:20AM

<< 

<< The books you mention were produced as part of the marketing plan for the gold. Given the weight (this is occasionally called the "hernia edition")and cost of the book (if one could have purchased it separately) shipping via media mail is probably not the best idea. >>

Probably not. But it would nevertheless not surprise me if they tried.

Any guess on where this will go? I'll say $300. >>

The regular book is somewhere between $200-$300. If more than one bidder really wants this, it wouldn't surprise me to see it go for $500 or so.

fc · May 9, 2007 1:45AM

500 for a book that i could read in two evenings. heh. no thanks.
where is the soft cover ;-)

drddm · May 9, 2007 1:46AM

I actually picked up a NEW copy on half.com recently for $150.
It's really well made and will go nicely next to my other QDB books.

ziggy29 · May 9, 2007 2:48AM

This one's gone now. I wonder if someone reported it for excessive shipping?

RYK · May 9, 2007 2:48AM

<< 500 for a book that i could read in two evenings. heh. no thanks.
where is the soft cover ;-) >>

Two evenings? It would take about two years of evenings to read that bad boy cover to cover.

fc · May 9, 2007 3:10AM

Two evenings? It would take about two years of evenings to read that bad boy cover to cover.

For some reason I have always devoured books that I am interested in.
300-400 page novels, i force myself to slow down otherwise I will read the
whole thing in an evening and stay up till dawn.

and that book in the auction is the type i would just keep going and going...

ricko · May 9, 2007 3:24AM

The auction has been pulled.. ticks me off.. I was high bidder... no reason given (as usual)... Cheers, RickO

RYK · May 9, 2007 3:28AM

<< Two evenings? It would take about two years of evenings to read that bad boy cover to cover.

For some reason I have always devoured books that I am interested in.
300-400 page novels, i force myself to slow down otherwise I will read the
whole thing in an evening and stay up till dawn.

and that book in the auction is the type i would just keep going and going... >>

Trusted me, the book is so cumbersome that after holding it for ten minutes, you will put it down for the night.

Longacre · May 9, 2007 3:37AM

For the record, I had nothing to do with the book getting pulled from Ebay. Also, someone alerted me to a copy that is up for auction by Stack's and it just reached $1,000+.

fc · May 9, 2007 3:55AM

sounds like it is a true collectors item just by itself.
only 1000 copies.. correction, 400 copies!

reminds me of limited print run comics that always sell for 100-500 a pop.
they also only made approx 1000 copies...

StrikeOutXXX · May 9, 2007 4:57AM

<< I actually picked up a NEW copy on half.com recently for $150.
It's really well made and will go nicely next to my other QDB books. >>

Oops, looks like they are all over the board for the regular issue ones - eBay has them $128 BIN up to $350 BIN lol.

For the special edition with a run of only 400, which cost over 1k each to produce, I thought $500 would have been pretty close, but I didn't imagine $1k+.

Be interesting to see what it goes for if he relists it on eBay.

drddm · May 9, 2007 10:14AM

Sorry, I meant to say that I picked up a NEW copy of the Leather Bound Edition #179/400 that is being mentioned here on the boards for $150 on half.com

I guess I got a good deal, huh?

mrearlygold · May 9, 2007 10:55AM

This one?

Cool book for a couple hundred or less

drddm · May 9, 2007 10:58AM

Nope, this one.

Leather Bound edition

drddm · May 9, 2007 11:08AM

Check out what another leather bound copy of this book sold for in the September 2005 C.L. Lee Sale

UNBELIEVABLE!!!!

mrearlygold · May 9, 2007 11:09AM

<< Nope, this one.

Leather Bound edition >>

G-Whiz

StrikeOutXXX · May 9, 2007 11:09AM

<< Sorry, I meant to say that I picked up a NEW copy of the Leather Bound Edition #179/400 that is being mentioned here on the boards for $150 on half.com

I guess I got a good deal, huh? >>

Ummmmmm, I have to go review the "You Suck" rules, but I think you're close

Yea... a good deal.

drddm · May 9, 2007 11:24AM

I guess the seller had NO IDEA what the value of the book was before he put it up for sale.

A $2300 book (from the 9/18/05 C.L. Lee Sale) for $150, I thinks that's as close to a 'YOU SUCK" as you can get.....Maybe some might actually say that deserves a "YOU SUCK"

What say you?

BBQnBLUES · May 9, 2007 11:27AM

Gotta put that Bad Boy on my "Wish List"

Wish Easton Press would come out with a knock off.

Has anyone ever seen this edition of QDB's California Gold Rush book?

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