I am curious the value of my book. I realize that in some cases mass production means there are many copies out there. But in this case I haven't been able to find a match to mine (just one that was close) in order to establish a value.
The front cover binding has pulled away and the leather cover is worn. The inside pages and those with color are still vibrant and in excellent condition.
Do you have an idea regarding the value of this book? Thank you!
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Since there were several editions published with slightly different names (and a little different contents) it would be difficult to find this same editions without a picture and a full name.
Yours is a 1909 edition and may have been published by a different company. A picture would give a lot more details.
I'm sorry, I missed the picture showing this as a Monarch edition.
This may be more rare as I have never seen or heard of a Monarch edition but that does not mean I am an expert on this subject.
The more pictures and flags an older copy has the more value it will have as this is what the general public likes in these older (torn up) dictionaries.
For real value it would have to be very rare or in excellent condition (rare) so a collector might want it.
There are several 1909 editions (listed for sale and sold) on eBay but each one is a different edition so there is no real comparison there either.
You might have some luck with asking your question on a vintage/antique book forum as these are "book" people and know a lot about the different editions/name.
Thank you for your response. Much appreciated!
Your best bet is to take this to a couple of antique dealers and get free oral appraisals.
Thank you very much for taking the time to respond and for helpful tips!
Normally books that are over 100 years old will bring a good value to the owner. However, in most cases, this is determined by supply and demand first off and second, the condition of the book.
The only true way to find out exactly what this book is worth is to go to an auction house in your area. They will have appraisers at the auction house that can give you a good idea of what it is worth. It really needs to be examined and it would be easy or me to say you can get $100 for the book when in reality it is worth $800.
I was looking at eBay and saw this one: www.ebay.com/
Is it an exact match for yours? If so, what you can tell from this is that the value is around $46.00 + the shipping the buyer paid (I always add that because most people fuss about shipping if their total is to high so it counts toward value in my book).
If this isn't a exact match...I recommend people go to the eBay sold section and find an exact match--checking back every week or so as the market changes daily). You may have already been doing this and this is just a super rare version...which in the perfect world, would mean it has more value. Sadly, eBay has glutted the market with so much that many things have lost value, but I digress.
When searching I try a bunch of different combinations...as everyone lists things different--I found this one with the search 1909 and ogilvie.
Matching exact is critical to give you a market value as there may be two similar and one is valuable and one virtually worthless.
If you find a pristine one, you would need to deduct up to 20% of the value since yours isn't.
Checking back on eBay periodically is the easiest way if there is not a match today.
Hope this gets you started in the value process!
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