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<blockquote data-quote="LittleDudesMom" data-source="post: 426064" data-attributes="member: 805"><p>Great finds! Did you originally buy them to resale? With the internet, it's easy these days to find a value on something old. When I had my antique business (Sharon's Den of Antiquity) in the 80's, that wasn't an option. Bonehead and I had, and still have, a huge collection of books on furniture, glassware, artwork, etc., that helped us to learn and value.</p><p></p><p>Ebay is a find place to sell something. It's not hard.</p><p></p><p>Now a word about the old books. I have a collection of old books which I keep in a glass-doored secretary in my living room - away from the damaging rays of sun, changes in temperature, etc. If those books have any value, you don't want to keep them just "laying out" and you don't want to keep opening the book and turning the pages. The pages could get harmed and the spine might begin to give way.</p><p></p><p>I live in a big old house and the only pieces of new furniture in my entire house is the office chair in the "play room" (difficult child's computer/tv room now), the office chair in my office, the bar stools at my kitchen counter, and the leather sofa and chair in my family room. Everything else is either old or a piece handmade by a local cabinet maker. Heck, just about all my decorative arts are old as well! A lot of my things I got when I was "in the business". I would trade or save my money until the end of a weekend show and purchase (dealer discount!) what I wanted for my home. Being in the business really helped me acquire some nice things that I probably otherwise wouldn't have been able to get.</p><p></p><p>Enjoy those books!!!!!</p><p></p><p>Sharon</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LittleDudesMom, post: 426064, member: 805"] Great finds! Did you originally buy them to resale? With the internet, it's easy these days to find a value on something old. When I had my antique business (Sharon's Den of Antiquity) in the 80's, that wasn't an option. Bonehead and I had, and still have, a huge collection of books on furniture, glassware, artwork, etc., that helped us to learn and value. Ebay is a find place to sell something. It's not hard. Now a word about the old books. I have a collection of old books which I keep in a glass-doored secretary in my living room - away from the damaging rays of sun, changes in temperature, etc. If those books have any value, you don't want to keep them just "laying out" and you don't want to keep opening the book and turning the pages. The pages could get harmed and the spine might begin to give way. I live in a big old house and the only pieces of new furniture in my entire house is the office chair in the "play room" (difficult child's computer/tv room now), the office chair in my office, the bar stools at my kitchen counter, and the leather sofa and chair in my family room. Everything else is either old or a piece handmade by a local cabinet maker. Heck, just about all my decorative arts are old as well! A lot of my things I got when I was "in the business". I would trade or save my money until the end of a weekend show and purchase (dealer discount!) what I wanted for my home. Being in the business really helped me acquire some nice things that I probably otherwise wouldn't have been able to get. Enjoy those books!!!!! Sharon [/QUOTE]
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