I recently acquired a full set of Funk and Wagnall New Standard Encyclopedia of Knowledge from 1931. Anyone know if they are worth anything?
2006-10-14 14:14:56 · 8 answers · asked by little_wyld_one 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Go to the Sothbey's and Christies auction house websites and post your question with them.
2006-10-15 10:40:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You never know what some collector is looking for. Whiles it's not a rarity, it might be worth the effort to find out. Go to your local antique store and ask if they know of a dealer who works with old books. Having a specnialist look it over might be the only way. Just don't trust anyone with the whole set at once...unless they are well known. Good luck@!
2016-03-28 09:23:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Call around and find book dealers with this knowledge, if it's a complete set with no damage I would think they will have value to some collector. Check ABE books , maybe they have that sort of info on there, and other related booksellers on the web.
Ebay can't tell you what they are worth, but you can certainly post them there to sell them, just check out the postage first because that is a lot of books!
2006-10-14 14:20:29 · answer #3 · answered by Lola 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Check it out on www.bookfinder.com. That's where used/rare book dealers post their books for sale. Try to match it exactly with the date, publisher, etc. Remember that condition is very important to pricing.
We used to get old sets donated to the library's booksale. It was hard to get much money for them, as most people wanted one new enough for their kids to use with school assignments. Once in awhile someone would be intrigued by the old pictures and quaint info and buy it as a novelty.
2006-10-14 16:23:48 · answer #4 · answered by Ginger/Virginia 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use Yahoo or Google to search for old book dealers (there are thousands of them) and scan their listings until you find price listings. Their worth will depend on their condition, their printing date, which edition, the completness of the set (i.e. are all the 'index' volumes there, etc.). It is fun stuff!
2006-10-14 14:42:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
iIT IS PROPABLY WORTH BIG BUCKS. YOU NEED TO HANG ON TO IT , UNTILL YOU FIND THE RIGHT PERSON, COLLECTOR OR EVEN A MUSEUM THAT IS INTERESTED IN YOUR ENCYCLOPEDIA. OR YOU CAN EVEN GET A ANTIQUE APPRAISOR TO APPRAISE IT AND FIND YOU A BUYER . THEY HAVE A SHOW ON TV CALLED "ANTIQUE ROADSHOW" BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET A HOLD OF THIS SHOW AND WHERE THEY ARE FROM.ASK AROUND OR GO ON LINE AND YOU MIGHT GET SOME HELP. DON'T GET RID OF IT. REMEMBER, ONE MANS JUNK IS ANOTHER MANS TREASURE. GOOD LUCK.
2006-10-14 14:34:54 · answer #6 · answered by crane1951@sbcglobal.net 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check ebay
2006-10-14 14:16:52 · answer #7 · answered by CdnYankee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I doubt it. It is interesting, however, to see how the worl was viewed back then.
2006-10-14 14:17:24 · answer #8 · answered by shirleykins 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋