Op shops often don’t have the foggiest idea what they are dealing with. it’s supposedly too time consuming to look up everything, however I assure you that that ratty looking 1st Ed [whatever] will sell for more than the 18 perfect copies of Twilight that will never move
Op shops often don’t have the foggiest idea what they are dealing with. it’s supposedly too time consuming to look up everything, however I assure you that that ratty looking 1st Ed [whatever] will sell for more than the 18 perfect copies of Twilight that will never move
Like the artist signed ewer I bought for $6 last week? or the italian and silver and gemstone chain I bought for $5
unless it has obvious marking they have no clue
Yeah. And the total opposite also, your bible from 1930 is neither old nor valuable
there are so many souvenir books of the queen’s coronation, they are worthless
Yes, unless signed or of other irrefutable provenance. Tracing this stuff is my workspace, valuations is not.