IMPORTANT AUCTION, Historical Books, Tuesday March 11

[jeff of pa]

Preview Monday March 10th

I'll leave this up till it's over.

Lebanon County
but

Looks Like these Histories cover the whole state

considering the Number Available .

 

[jeff of pa]

http://www.auctionzip.com/Listings/405605.html

For Complete Listing

Examples of Atlas's

371. Atlas of Surveys of Lancaster County PA 1899.

372. Atlas of Delaware County PA by Smith & Mueller 1892.

373. Atlas of Reading Pennsylvania by Elvino & Smith 1913.

374. Atlas of Philadelphia PA by G.W. Bromley Co. 1910.

375. Atlas of Harrisburg Pennsylvania 1901.

376. Atlas of the City of Lebanon Pennsylvania 1888.

377. Atlas of the City of Erie Pennsylvania by Mueller 1917.

378. Atlas of the City of Harrisburg Pennsylvania 1889.

379. Atlas of Lancaster County Pennsylvania 1875.

380. Topographical Atlas of Pennsylvania 1872.

381. Atlas of the City of Lebanon Pennsylvania 1888.

382. Atlas of the City of Reading Pennsylvania by Elvino & Smith 1913.

383. Roe’s Atlas of the City of Lebanon PA 1888 and Lymans Historical Chart 1874.

384. Sanborn’s Map of Lebanon Pennsylvania 1902.

385. Atlas of Harrisburg PA 1901 by Harrisburg Title Co.

386. Atlas of the City of Lebanon Pennsylvania 1888.

387. Atlas of the City of Harrisburg PA 1901 by Harrisburg Title Co.

388. Atlas of Property Surveys of the Lebanon Valley Branch
Philadelphia & Reading RR for March 1860 VERY RARE!

 

[JD007]

What a great list of historic books he had collected, sure wish I could afford to go to the auction.....

 

[baspinall]

I'd love to have a few of them! Wonder how much each would ballpark for?


Brian

 

[jeff of pa]

If it goes like most Auctions around here,
The Lebanon county books will get Highest
Berks County Next & the rest will go for a song.

I'm going down on the 10th. to look them over.

 

[CanUDigIt]

Wish I could get off work. There are some must haves in his collection. Do you think I can phone in bids?

 

[Gypsy Heart]

WOW! What a great auction ....wish I was there....no you dont need anymore books but yes you do I said no sorry my inner voice is arguing with itself....

 

[jeff of pa]

Wish I could get off work. There are some must haves in his collection. Do you think I can phone in bids?

Give him a call.

THey most likely Accept Absent T Bidders

Here are Photos

http://www.auctionzip.com/cgi-bin/photopanel.cgi?listingid=405605

 

[Cynangyl]

WOW! What a great auction ....wish I was there....no you dont need anymore books but yes you do I said no sorry my inner voice is arguing with itself....

Let us know who wins! Always a hard one to pass up a good book!!

 

[CanUDigIt]

Jeff,
If you are going, would you mind if I PM you with a few I am thinking bidding on to take a quick peek at? I don't want the autographed ones, I just want the research materials. The books that interest me are from a bit south of you and I hope they don't draw as much demand. I'll call ahead and put in a few bids before the auction. Darn work is always getting in the way of my fun.

 

[jeff of pa]

Jeff,
If you are going, would you mind if I PM you with a few I am thinking bidding on to take a quick peek at? I don't want the autographed ones, I just want the research materials. The books that interest me are from a bit south of you and I hope they don't draw as much demand. I'll call ahead and put in a few bids before the auction. Darn work is always getting in the way of my fun.

Sure. I'll Try & Get Pics of them With My camera Monday during the preview.
And Write Down Discriptions.

 

[jeff of pa]

Reminder the Preview is Tomorow (MONDAY) 3PM to 7PM

 

[CanUDigIt]

Thanks for the reminder. I am on it. Thanks, Jeff!

 

[jeff of pa]

Thanks for the reminder. I am on it. Thanks, Jeff!

Got your List.

I'll see if I can get you some Discriptions

Hard/Soft Cover, # of Pages , Conditions, & Pics where I feel Necessary.

there are a few of us going.

 

[jeff of pa]

I Wish I hit the powerball last week :P

I'd be buying them all out from under the Histoical societies
which I'm sure will all be there.

Then I'd Open a Coffee Shop/Research Library

& do what one historical society did to me if they come to look.

"I can bring it out, and lay it in front of you, But you can't Touch"

 

[CanUDigIt]

Build it and they will come!

 

[jeff of pa]

Some examples of the Cheaper Items.
Many went for Thousands






Yes that is $6500.00 For the Land Deed.

 

[jeff of pa]

Do you buy any?

Nothing.
there was always somone who wanted it more.

 

[CanUDigIt]

Didn't think I could justify the William Penn Signed Indian Land Deed to the wife but it was a dream. Did you at least have fun? I thought some were going to command a real premium. That was an incredible personal collection. I think I may have better luck hitting the library sales and trying to build my own library that way. Sorry to hear you didn't come home with anything. Your area most have been pretty hot. I asked about a few items and what they were expecting to fetch. That ruled me out since I wasn't even close with my high bids. I thought I could pick a few up for $25 a piece. Boy, was I wrong.

 

[jeff of pa]

Hahaha I don't think anything sold for $25.00

there was an extreme few that started at $15 but quickly went up
as soon as someone bid.


most atlas's had a standing bid of $100 to start

the first couple started at $50 till it was realized

they were going to run them up.

The only Histoty book from my county sold for over $800.00
& Once bought, she took it & Ran. was just there for it.

Even the few out of state books & Fictions like Catch 22 sold for Hundreds.

Most Bibles from the 1700's 1800's sold for Thousands.

What scares me is the persons who bought the Atlas's
There are people who tear them apart, Make copies of the pages,
Sell them for $35.00 a page And then sell the original pages for
$100.00 each. Sure is big money but Destroying 19th. century books
like that just Irks me to no end.

Was an Enjoyable Day though.
Auction lasted 5 1/2 hours averaging 90 Lots an hour.

Frontier forts of PA 2 volume set sold for $350

Funniest part the second set sold for $275 and the guy who bought
it yelled he only wanted one.
I ended up yelling out
"It's a 2 Volume set East & West PA!"

This guy didn't even seem to care which he got.
Maybe he was going to use it to Prop up his table

They did give him both after I yelled
but they were going to put the other one back up for bids.

Makes me wonder if they were just trying to show how much
money they could spend.

A friend who was trying to Keep Track of High bids

missed prices on 58 items
and still Totaled $108,615.00

Considering this $ 110,000.00 + Total May be Accurate.