Reason to buy books at auctions
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Marysafan

Friday, April 25, 2003 - 11:16 am EditMoveDeleteIP
My husband's hobby is going to auctions and garage sales. It is something he enjoys very much and nearly every Saturday, he takes the day to do just that.

Knowing how much I love books, he often brings me home a suprise or two. Sometimes they are out of print titles of authors that he knows I like, sometimes they are recent bestsellers bought for a song, and sometimes they are absolutle treasures like a first edition of of a favorite book, or a historical volume.

Last night, we got a call form our daughter just after she had seen the nightly news,asking if Dad had been to an auction in a small town nearby. But unfortunately he wasn't there.

"Too bad," she said. There was a box of books that was sold that you would really liked to have had. It sold for $175.00.

Knowing that a "box of books" usually goes for $1.00 -$5.00. I knew that there was something special about this box. "What was in the box?"

"Just a first edition of the Federalist Papers published in 1786, with an estimeated value of $60,000.00."

Somebody got a great deal. You just never know what you will find in some of these old houses.