Adam, I thoroughly enjoy your presentations. My algorithm served one up last December, and by the end of the same day I had watched them all! Needless to say I've learned a great deal. This interview too was really excellent and most instructive. Thank you!
Great questions Adam, and what you were saying about someone getting carried away and essentially "distorting the price". I would say that works the same way with Abebooks and other online rare and antiquarian booksellers. Some of the high prices are totally unjustified and all that does is produce a fake overpriced market. As an owner of an online auction company, I see this all the time. It's always very difficult to explain to my consigners why a book is not worth the "asking price" on Abebooks and the like.
I have to explain that as well but the high individual prices on Abebooks are partly justified by huge inventory carrying costs and slow sell through rates. I always want them to put a note on that says when the book was listed so you can see if it is up for 10 years at that price with no takers
I have the pronouncing edition of the complete concordance Bible, created by the united states centennial commission. It's inlaid in gold throughout the entire book. All of the drawings in it are inlaid in gold too. It's truly a beautiful work of art. It's from the 1870s. And I'm trying to find a buyer. Current value is around $700-1000. Each picture from within the book can easily be sold for $200 each, because of the gold inlays and because of the artist work is just amazing, however to destroy that book like that for money is just dumb, so I'm trying to sell it to a collector who will care for it properly.
Adam, I thoroughly enjoy your presentations. My algorithm served one up last December, and by the end of the same day I had watched them all! Needless to say I've learned a great deal. This interview too was really excellent and most instructive. Thank you!
Really appreciate it
Interesting talk Adam. I enjoyed it very much.
Very interesting and enjoyed thoroughly. Thanks for the education.
As always, fantastic content. Thanks, Adam.
Great questions Adam, and what you were saying about someone getting carried away and essentially "distorting the price". I would say that works the same way with Abebooks and other online rare and antiquarian booksellers. Some of the high prices are totally unjustified and all that does is produce a fake overpriced market. As an owner of an online auction company, I see this all the time. It's always very difficult to explain to my consigners why a book is not worth the "asking price" on Abebooks and the like.
I have to explain that as well but the high individual prices on Abebooks are partly justified by huge inventory carrying costs and slow sell through rates. I always want them to put a note on that says when the book was listed so you can see if it is up for 10 years at that price with no takers
@@RareBookBuyer You make a good point and you have to accommodate for overheads. However, not all retail prices are reflective of such.
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Omg it's Adam from Pawn Stars. Hi! Would love to watch a series with you and Rebecca going around the world, exploring books
Tell Rebecca ;)
I have the pronouncing edition of the complete concordance Bible, created by the united states centennial commission. It's inlaid in gold throughout the entire book. All of the drawings in it are inlaid in gold too. It's truly a beautiful work of art. It's from the 1870s. And I'm trying to find a buyer. Current value is around $700-1000. Each picture from within the book can easily be sold for $200 each, because of the gold inlays and because of the artist work is just amazing, however to destroy that book like that for money is just dumb, so I'm trying to sell it to a collector who will care for it properly.
Have u read the science of being Great?