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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kasia, post: 2359803, member: 31533&quot;]Books are highly collectible, and there are many publications that give estimates of worth and rarity on varying books. There are strict standards for books for their condition that have to be met to be called something, like new, fine, etc. </p><p><br /></p><p>There is nothing wrong with collecting red books as a hobby by itself or as an adjunct to the hobby of numismatics.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t collect red books, but if I saw one at an estate sale in a condition that had value over and above the price I had to buy it for, I would purchase it and re-sell it. </p><p>I&#039;ve sold other books at times, and one book that was printed about a WWII company I bought for 4.00 at a junk shop. It sold for close to 90.00 on ebay. I purchased a first edition, in nearly new shape for 4.99 at a goodwill store of Darkly Dreaming Dexter in Hardback. This was the basis for the series that became really popular. I held on to it for about four years and then put it up on Ebay. It sold for just about 35.00. Another book I bought for 2.00 sold for 22.00 on ebay. None of those books were ones I would find collectible for myself, but someone did and wanted them. Do I knock the people who collect those? No. Because it&#039;s no better or worse than some other hobbies. </p><p><br /></p><p>Also, some here think I am a nut job because I primarily collect modern clad coins (those in the US after 1964) which I pull out of circulation, and which have not a lot of interest or value. But it is a fun thing for me, and I have just started getting to really know the Ikes and collect those (if not to keep permanently, to re-sell). Some people would think I&#039;m a nut job just for that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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