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I'm going to start selling off some of my aviation and armor reference material and unbuilt model kits.

My question: Is there a guide of sorts that gives value to old books and models? I'm not going to ask ridicules prices, but don't want to take a bath either.

Books for sale will be items like "The Luftwaffe Fighter Aces Collection" Published to aid the German Fighter Pilots Association. My copy is in pristine, new condition. Purchased 1994 in monthly subscription from Virginia Bader This collection was limited to 2,000 sets.

All the way to old Profiles.

Also will be selling signed, numbered , autographed, and professionally framed art works by Robert Taylor, Nicolas Trudgian, and others. My retirement home doesn't have the wall space.

Dick Goldsberry Poland, Maine

Andrew M · Accepted Answer

Poke around EBAY to see what folks are selling "like items" for. For your book value a good source is "abebooks.com" - I have found folks selling almost any subject imaginable. Remember - something is only worth what somebody else will pay for it! (Something my mother-in-law refuses to get; another story completely!) Hope this gets you started.

Pat Flannery · Answer

If you put them on ebay in the appropriate categories with good descriptions (and photos where needed) it's generally a seller's market due to the number of collectors and other businesses that search it on a daily basis, and will know the worth of the item being sold and start bidding against each other for it.

Pat

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