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Finding the right dealer to sell our book
Our local Habitat for Humanity chapter was given a book that is
extremely old and possibly worth quite a lot of money. Can you folks on this list point us in the direction we should go with this? The book is a 1730 edition of Jacob Bohmen's Questiones Theosophica. A web search shows that Bohmen was a rather well known German philosopher, although his belief that the Bible would tell him how to turn junk into gold makes him a bit of a laughing stock today. This book must have some theological value, as it appears that modern version is still in print. This copy is leather bound with an intact although somewhat worn cover. It's about 4" x 6" and more than 2 inches thick. This copy has an inscription in the flyleaf dated 1843. There's at least one fold-out page that is intact. This is perhaps a book that a university library would like to buy, or a private collector. We would like to maximize its value so as to turn it not into gold, but into part of the price of a home for a needy family. I don't think this is one for E-bay. We would really appreciate some informed advice. Thanks very much, Gigi in North Carolina Please feel free to email me at |
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Finding the right dealer to sell our book
"Gigi" wrote in message
oups.com... Our local Habitat for Humanity chapter was given a book that is extremely old and possibly worth quite a lot of money. Can you folks on this list point us in the direction we should go with this? The book is a 1730 edition of Jacob Bohmen's Questiones Theosophica. Boehme (usual spelling) is still in the histories of philosophy, but is nowadays remembered chiefly as a mystic rather than either an alchemist or technical philosopher. This book of his was printed a century after his death, thus is probably valued more by its binding than its contents. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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Finding the right dealer to sell our book
Our local Habitat for Humanity chapter was given a book that is
extremely old and possibly worth quite a lot of money. Can you folks on this list point us in the direction we should go with this? The book is a 1730 edition of Jacob Bohmen's Questiones Theosophica. A web search shows that Bohmen was a rather well known German philosopher, although his belief that the Bible would tell him how to turn junk into gold makes him a bit of a laughing stock today. This book must have some theological value, as it appears that modern version is still in print. This copy is leather bound with an intact although somewhat worn cover. It's about 4" x 6" and more than 2 inches thick. This copy has an inscription in the flyleaf dated 1843. There's at least one fold-out page that is intact. You might contact Adam Maclean, who maintains a huge alchemy website. He's a rather prickly customer, but should give you a straight answer about this. Who owned it in 1843 might be of interest. The buyers willing to pay most will probably be private collectors rather than academic institutions. ============== j-c ====== @ ====== purr . demon . co . uk ============== Jack Campin: 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland | tel 0131 660 4760 http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/ for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975 stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557 |
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Finding the right dealer to sell our book
Gigi wrote: Our local Habitat for Humanity chapter was given a book that is extremely old and possibly worth quite a lot of money. Can you folks on this list point us in the direction we should go with this? The book is a 1730 edition of Jacob Bohmen's Questiones Theosophica. A web search shows that Bohmen was a rather well known German philosopher, although his belief that the Bible would tell him how to turn junk into gold makes him a bit of a laughing stock today. This book must have some theological value, as it appears that modern version is still in print. This copy is leather bound with an intact although somewhat worn cover. It's about 4" x 6" and more than 2 inches thick. This copy has an inscription in the flyleaf dated 1843. There's at least one fold-out page that is intact. This is perhaps a book that a university library would like to buy, or a private collector. We would like to maximize its value so as to turn it not into gold, but into part of the price of a home for a needy family. I don't think this is one for E-bay. We would really appreciate some informed advice. Thanks very much, Gigi in North Carolina Please feel free to email me at I'm an online bookseller and fairly knowledgeable of rare books. E-bay would be a great place to test the interest and market value of this binding if one had good feedback and a history honest transactions. Put a huge reserve on it-I'm thinking like $10,000 - just to see what people bid on it. Condition is the most important aspect of selling it. If you're unwilling to put it up at auction, I would send a thorough set of pictures to Ken Miller or Baumann Books. Swann is an excellent resource as well but if it's not to their standards they'll likely not reply. If you want, send me some pics at http://aristocratbooks.bravehost.com/ and I'll research and give you a ball park figure of what I think. |
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Finding the right dealer to sell our book
Thanks to all of you. I will pursue some of the suggestions made here.
Gigi |
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Finding the right dealer to sell our book
Yes,
You have to scroll down to find it. Francis A. Miniter wrote: wrote: This site has information of some interest, although no value given for your book: http://www.esoteric.msu.edu/Versluis.html Are you sure this is the correct address? I cannot find any reference to Foxe or Martyrs. Francis A. Miniter |
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