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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pat P, post: 12669, member: 201&quot;]Lots to reply to here... thanks, everyone!</p><p><br /></p><p>First, I heard back from both auction houses today and neither think it&#039;s appropriate for them. Freeman&#039;s didn&#039;t give me a reason, but I did get a detailed reply from Heritage&#039;s rare book folks.</p><p><br /></p><p>He said the book usually sells for around $500 with no signature but in better condition. I guess he must have found auction or sales results that I don&#039;t have access to. I really need to go into Boston one of these days with a list of books to research.</p><p><br /></p><p>He thought it was possible the book wouldn&#039;t sell at all in it&#039;s current condition. He also said they require a minimum $5,000 estimate to accept items. I&#039;m wondering if he meant for a group consigned at the same time since the majority of books I saw that sold on their site went for far less than $5,000?</p><p><br /></p><p>Elarnia, YourTurn, and Shiloh, I agree. I&#039;ll pull together a list of people and organizations who have in some way indicated an interest in Spooner&#039;s thoughts and contact them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Af, as Messilane said, that&#039;s good advice, but this book was inherited so cost me nothing. That&#039;s going to be true for most of what I sell from now on, so I can&#039;t use any kind of formula, as I&#039;ve done with things I&#039;ve bought. Zero times any percentage is zero! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie58" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I did find my mom&#039;s original receipts for some items, but not for this book. Anyway, she bought everything so long ago that it&#039;s not a good indication even taking inflation into account. And as Messilane said, I don&#039;t want to leave money on the table if I don&#039;t need to.</p><p><br /></p><p>As I sell more books, hopefully I&#039;ll get a better handle on what I&#039;m doing, but right now I have the inventory of a fairly savvy collector but the knowledge and experience of a novice. I like to do things professionally, but it&#039;s kind of hard when I have so much to learn.</p><p><br /></p><p>My biggest headache at the moment, anyway, is integrating my mom&#039;s &quot;stuff&quot; into the &quot;stuff&quot; I already had. Some day I&#039;ll have a house again that doesn&#039;t look like an overstuffed antiques/junque shop!</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks, again, everyone for your ideas and suggestions. I really appreciate it. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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