Top Ten Book Sales January

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Top Ten Book Sales January 2009
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FOL stands for the Friends of the Library. These are the organizations that sell the book which were donated to raise funds for various public libraries. If you go to eBay or Amazon and put the title in the search box you will see the closed auction or listing and each picture of the item. You have more valuable books imprinted on your brain if you take a look.

TURNABOUT (Roswell Series)~mass market pb~$200
FOL $.25

ERNST HAAS COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY~hb~$187
FOL $2

HELL, I WAS THERE~Elmer Keith~1989~pb~$85
FOL $1

SUPERMAN ON RADIO: SMITHSONIAN HISTORICAL PERFORMANCES (Historical Radio Plays)~audio CD~$75
Thrift store $5

AWAKENING OSIRIS: THE EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD~Jean Houston~audio book~$75
FOL $1

MAGICAL DISPLAY: THE ART OF PHOTOMICROGRAPHY~pb~$70
FOL $1

DYNAMIC MEMORY AND STUDY SKILLS COURSE~Brad Voeller~audio CD album~$70
FOL $1

LITTLE BLACK SAMBO~A Golden Book~1961~hb~$50
FOL $.50

THE JOY OF COOKING~ Irma S. Rombauer~hb~1964~$50
FOL $.50

THE COMPLETE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC~CD set~$50
Rummage sale $5.50

If you were surprised by these prices you’ll be further surprised by what we put in your inbox every month. Over 60 titles that are not uncommonly found with links to each book on eBay. This is a great way to learn which titles make great money. Look at the pictures of the titles! Click here for more information

Top Ten Book Sales for December

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Top Ten Book Sales December 2008
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FOL stands for the Friends of the Library. These are the organizations that sell the book which were donated to raise funds for various public libraries. If you go to eBay and put the item number which is in parenthesis you will see the closed auction and each picture of the item. You have more valuable books imprinted on your brain if you take a look.

FOXFIRE SET 1 - 6~The Foxfire Book, Foxfire 2, Foxfire 3, Foxfire 4, Foxfire 5, Foxfire 6~1972~$130

FOL $7

STAGECOACH STATION SET 1-45~ Hank Mitchum~Bantam books~PB~$100

FOL $5

MCCALL'S COOKING SCHOOL~ Complete 2 Vol. Set~3 binders~$99

Garage sale $5

GENTLEMANNERS COLLECTION~3 book set~John Bridges~2003~HB~$90

Thrift store $4

THE DOUBLEDAY COOKBOOK~Complete Contemporary Cooking~ volume

1 & 2~1975~HB~$60

Thrift store $4

THE SOUND OF MUSIC~8mm Film~Ken Films~$50

FOL $1

MCCALL'S COOK BOOK~Random House~1963~HB~$49

FOL $1

JANE AUSTEN SEVEN NOVELS: Deluxe Leather Bound~NIW~$39

Arbitrage $20

HI, PIZZA MAN!~Virginia Walter~1995~HB~$35

FOL $.50

ROSWELL HIGH (Lot of 5 Roswell Books)~PB~$30

FOL .25 each

Happy Selling!
Julie Anna Schultz
Book market specialist, eBay Power Seller
http://www.BookJewelsForChildren.com
http://www.FamilyBusinessIdeas.com

Top Ten Book Sales for November

Here are our top sellers for the month. You should look up the books with a completed item search so you can get a visual of the book covers. This will help you in your hunt. FOL stands for the Friends of the Library. These are the organizations that sell the book which were donated to raise funds for various public libraries. If you go to eBay and put the item number which is in parenthesis you will see the closed auction and each picture of the item. You have more valuable books imprinted on your brain if you take a look.

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Top Ten Book Sales November 2008
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FOL stands for the Friends of the Library. These are the organizations that sell the book which were donated to raise funds for various public libraries. If you go to eBay and put the item number which is in parenthesis you will see the closed auction and each picture of the item. You have more valuable books imprinted on your brain if you take a look.

Encyclopedia Britannica 24 Vol. (Encyclopedia Britannica)~$300~orig boxes~AZ
Pd. $10 FOL

2002 World Book Encyclopedia - Complete Set - 22 Books~$223~AZ
Pd. $50 FOL

ValueTale 24 Volume Set (Value Tales, ValueTales)~$218~eBay
Pd. $12 FOL pieced

ValueTale 23 Volume Set (Value Tales, ValueTales)~$218~AZ
Pd. $12 FOL pieced

Anthony Robbins’ Personal Power II: The Driving Force!; Unleash Your Personal Power!; 30 Day Program For Unlimited Success; Volume 1 To 12, Audio - Indexed - 25 Compact Disc~$124~AZ
Pd. $8 FOL

Foxfire Set 1 - 7 (The Foxfire Book, Foxfire 2, Foxfire 3, Foxfire 4, Foxfire 5, Foxfire 6, and Foxfire 7)~$99
Pd. $7 FOL pieced

365 Bedtime Stories~Nan Gilbert~$90 ~ AZ
Pd. $1 FOL

Woman’s Day Encyclopedia of Cookery Complete Set of 12 ~$75~ eBay
Pd. $10 FOL

The Three Investigators in the Mystery of the Blazing Cliffs~HB~$70~ABE
Pd. $1 FOL

BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS STORYBOOK~$52~eBay
Pd. $1 FOL

The DIARY OF A CHURCHMOUSE~Graham Oakley~HBDJ~$35
Pd. $1 FOL

Finnegan Begin Again~VHS~$40~eBay
Pd. $1 FOL

If you were surprised by these prices you’ll be further surprised by what we put in your inbox every month. Over 60 titles that are not uncommonly found with links to each book on eBay. This is a great way to learn which titles make great money. Look at the pictures of the titles! Click here for more information

Our Top Sales for October

Here are our top sellers for the month. You should look up the
completed item search with each title so you can get a visual
of the book covers. This will help you in your hunt. FOL stands
for the Friends of the Library. These are the organizations that
sell the book which were donated to raise funds for various public
libraries. If you go to eBay and put the item number which
is in parenthesis you will see the closed auction and each
picture of the item. You have more valuable books imprinted
on your brain if you take a look.

Uncle Arthur’s Bedtime Stories~4 vol set~$150~eBay
Pd. $1 FOL

The Brothers Lionheart~ HB~$80~AZ
Pd. $.50 FOL

Alice in Bible Land~Set 23 $80 ~AZ
Pd. $4 FOL

Amazing Babies: Essential Movement for Your Baby in the First Year~signed
~$70~AZ
Pd. $1 FOL

Richard Scarry’s What Do People Do All Day~unabridged~HB~$70
Pd. $.50 FOL

A Second Treasury of the World’s Greatest Fairy Tales~$70
Pd. $.50 FOL

The Phonics Game — 18 Hours of Fun For Better Reading $49~ AZ
Pd. $5 garage sale

Samantha’s World 1904: An American Girls Map (American Girls
Collection Sidelines)~new in wrap~$48~ AZ
Pd. $1 FOL

Betty Crocker’s Cookbook ~$45 ~ eBay
Pd. $1 FOL

Muzzy - Basic French. Book, and Two videos (Early French)~AZ~$40
Pd. $4 FOL

Take Me Home: An Autobiography~$38~AZ
Pd. $1 FOL store

What's Hot on eBay?

Hot Item Alert

Vintage 35 mm Cameras

I ran a Terapeak search and found there were nearly 38,000 cameras listed with the search term vintage camera in the title the lst 90 days on eBay. Of those 38,000, 55% sold and the average sold price was $42. This is great news for the yard sale addict. These cameras can be found everywhere for a nominal price. Be especially alert to the high end camera parts that are no longer being produced. Such brands include Nikon, Hasselblad, and Leica. Look for lenses with covers and bags.

The old Kodaks with the leather molded cases sell very well - up to $250. Also look for the rolling fold cameras. These are in many antique and thrift shops. Take several pictures of the camera at all angles. If you are not able to tell if it has all working parts or even if it works just state that you are novice and provide as many details as possible.

Our Top Sales for July

My top sales this month. I don't do this to brag rather so you can get a glimpse of the reality of making decent money by selling books on eBay. Remember that you can do this in nearly every category on eBay. Just learn what sells.

Complete Set WILDLIFE FACT- FILE Books ~Science~New Con (150135546646) $149 eBay$2 at a rummage sale - second day

4 Childcraft Books~HB~1949 Orange~Complete Set~Lke New (150133401574) $149 eBay $7 at FOL

6 VOL UNCLE ARTHUR'S BEDTIME STORIES MAXWELL 1950-51 (150137292795) $60 eBay Found forty five minutes into an FOL sale, pd. $1.50

Paddle-to-the-Sea Holling C. Holling (hardcover) $45 AZ FOL, paid $.50

Parish-Hadley: Sixty Years of American Design $178 AZ
Found about an hour and a half into a sale with ten dealers there and several with scanners, and with specially priced books. :-) pd. $1

2001 World Book Encyclopedia Set - Complete Set of Encyclopedias - 22 Books $208 AZ A half hour into the sale with several dealers there. They usually won't touch encyclopedia sets. Pd. $5 Sold in four days - we wanted to move them.

A Child's First Library of Learning (Time-Life Set) $100 AZ FOL pd $3

The Jewel in the Crown (The Raj Quartet , Vol 1) audio book $43 AZ FOL pd. $.50

Preserving (Dorling-Kindersley) $34 ABE Library ongoing book sale - pd .$25

FOL=Friends of the Library (volunteers put on a book sale at the local and not so local libraries)
AZ = Amazon

How about your July top sales?

Julie Anna
http://www.familybusinessideas.com/about.html
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Hot Item Alert

Hot Item Alert

Vintage Dress Patterns

http://tinyurl.com/2pmtrh

Vintage dress patterns (or any vintage pattern for that matter) are easily found at church rummage sales you pay pennies for them usually. Just check inside the envelope and make sure the pieces are all there. Many times the pattern is unused which makes sorting the pieces very easy. We have seen the older style women's dress patterns do very well. Sometimes they close as high as $150. The typical price is between $20-$70 though. I think for a quarter and maybe twenty minutes work photographing, describing and uploading two pictures, I'd be happy with $30 or so. These ship quite nicely, also. Just grab a small manila envelope and apply first class post and you are good to go. The cost is a total of $2.00 for postage and possibly as much as $1.00 for the pattern. Your fees will be perhaps 10% of $30 which is approximately $3.00 + insertion fee of $.85. Total cost less than $7.

A very easy and economical way to teach yourself or your children a nice selling niche.

Take a look at this one:

Vintage 1930s McCalls Evening Gown Dress Pattern ~$150 final bid

http://tinyurl.com/2xumme

Happy selling!

Julie Anna
http://www.BookJewelsForChildren.com