If any Anne of Green Gables fans haven't seen this appraisal from Antiques Roadshow, I recommend taking a look. To summarize, a woman and her daughter got hooked on the book via the PBS miniseries and she picked the book up for her daughter when she found it at a flea market, where she spent no more than $5 for it. Turns out it's a first edition and worth $12,000 to $18,000, possibly more!
That's the thrill of living in the Hellmouth! There's a veritable cornucopia of fiends and devils and ghouls to engage ... Pardon me for finding the glass half-full.
Giles ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Kathy A - Jun 16, 2010 9:43:15 am PDT #22825 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Atropa - Jun 16, 2010 9:49:25 am PDT #22826 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Happy Birthday, askye!
Happy Anniversary, Shari!
she picked the book up for her daughter when she found it at a flea market, where she spent no more than $5 for it. Turns out it's a first edition and worth $12,000 to $18,000, possibly more!
I live in hope that someday I will find a first edition of Something Wicked This Way Comes at a thrift store. It's my impossible dream.
Aims - Jun 16, 2010 9:52:30 am PDT #22827 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I have a 2nd edition of GWTW that I love and pet often. Not worth nearly as much, but I still loves it.
Kathy A - Jun 16, 2010 9:55:02 am PDT #22828 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
My happiest book find was at a friends-of-the-library sale where I found the collection of C.L. Moore's short stories that I had been looking for since college. I literally squealed when I saw it sitting on the hardcover table (got a few strange looks from others nearby for that noise). It's not a valuable book at all, but I treasure it.
Jessica - Jun 16, 2010 9:56:06 am PDT #22829 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I have a 2nd edition of GWTW
Me too!
My grandmother owns an antiquarian bookstore, and so I get a lot of 2nd & 3rd editions as birthday & Christmas presents. Not 1st editions because those are actually valuable. But still nice old books.
Laga - Jun 16, 2010 9:56:49 am PDT #22830 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Happy Birthday, askye!
Happy Anniversary, Shari!
There is a bird outside singing its little heart out. I can't tell if it is a birthday or anniversary song. Maybe both.
Aims - Jun 16, 2010 9:59:05 am PDT #22831 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
DUDE! I just went to the Friends of the Library bookstore last night for the first time. I R DUM. Why've I never gone int here before?? AMAZING.
Kathy A - Jun 16, 2010 9:59:55 am PDT #22832 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I've got only a few old books, two from my mom that I really don't care about but keep because they were gifts, and two 2nd-edition MacGuffey Readers that I bought at an Ohio antique store because of their prominence in the Little House books.
Kathy A - Jun 16, 2010 10:02:03 am PDT #22833 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
We don't have a full-time library store, but they offer sales a few times a year at all the local libraries. At the one where I got my big find several years ago, I didn't get over there until Saturday afternoon, long after all the good stuff had been picked over, so I wasn't expecting to find anything. To get that long-wished-for item was such a thrill!
Polter-Cow - Jun 16, 2010 10:04:18 am PDT #22834 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
DUDE! I just went to the Friends of the Library bookstore last night for the first time. I R DUM. Why've I never gone int here before?? AMAZING.
I just learned about the Bay Area Free Book Exchange. I'm not sure my bookshelves are going to be happy about this...