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Re: Disposing of rare books



We used eBay when we had a fairly rare facsimile edition of the Gutenberg
Bible to get rid of (it was a gorgeous book, but, alas, not especially
relevant to the history of southeastern North Carolina) -- you may not get
an absolutely optimal price, but it usually moves fairly quickly and isn't
as time-consuming as dealing with a dealer or what have you.

--Eli Naeher
   Lower Cape Fear Historical Society

----- Original Message -----
From: "CHI - Huggins, Marvin" <mhuggins@CHI.LCMS.ORG>
To: <ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 10:29 AM
Subject: Disposing of rare books


We regularly offer materials to each other on this list, but once in a while
something turns up that I'm not quite ready to pass along gratis, such as a
1851 imprint of _Uncle Tom's Cabin_ or Wilhelm von Humboldt's _Ideen zu
einem Versuch, die Graenzen der Wirksamkeit des Staats zu bestimmen_
(Breslau, 1851). The latter item appears in online booksellers lists priced
at $600 and $1450.

These items are outside the scope of our collection. How do others deal with
the disposal of such items?

I'm sure this will be of general interest for the list (or maybe it's been
covered before).

Marvin


==========================
Marvin A. Huggins
Associate Director
Concordia Historical Institute
801 DeMun Avenue
Saint Louis, MO 63105
314-505-7921
email: mhuggins@chi.lcms.org
web: http://chi.lcms.org/

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