Appraising Books:
We offer full appraisal services of personal collections
of books or libraries for any
reason: Estate Planning; Selling;
Buying; Contribution or Tax purposes. We
have at our disposal 100’s of bibliographies, price guides and reference works
to consult. We work on an hourly basis
and can give an approximate estimate of the cost of the appraisal with just a
phone call and perhaps a visit.
Appraisals include a line-by-line statement of all of
your books as well as approximate value 10 years ago, current value and
approximate future value of items within our specialties (the future numbers
are based on “past performance” of the specified books and are, of course, only
an estimate).
Purchasing Books:
We are always in the market to purchase books and will
travel anywhere on the East Coast for significant collections of books. We pay top dollar for items due to the fact
that our overhead is reasonable and we oftentimes have customers who are
willing to purchase our “new arrivals”, i.e., we can turn books quicker than
most.
If you have any collectible library in your possession
that you are contemplating selling in the near future, give us a call and we
can probably give you an approximate value either over the phone or with one
brief visit.
We are particularly interested in purchasing the
following:
Literature;
Important Fiction;
Poetry;
Drama;
Mysteries;
Science Fiction/Fantasy;
Advanced Uncorrected Proofs;
Advance Reading Copies;
Review Copies;
Signed Books/Photos/Letters;
Art;
History;
Americana (especially the Mid-Atlantic States);
Literary Criticism;
Native American;
Leatherbound; and
Antiqurian Items.
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