eBay’s recent policy change to hide bidder ID’s on auctions over $200 makes it much easier for shill bidders to bid up the price on auctions. The new policy is harmful to buyers and sellers. The eBay user community must build a ground swell of protest. The topic is plastered all over the eBay discussion … Read more
Most Valuable First Edition Picturebooks Chris Van Allsburg’s first book, The Garden Of Abdul Gasazi, won a Caldecott Honor award, and leads the list of most valuable picturebooks published in the 1970s. It is difficult to find in first edition, collectible condition, as is Gerald McDermott’s Caldecott Medal winning book, Arrow To The Sun. All … Read more
Most Valuable First Edition Picturebooks In Chapter 8 of the Childrens Picturebook Price Guide, we list the most valuable picturebooks, followed by a page describing the most valuable picturebooks of each decade. Where The Wild Things Are, the most valuable picturebook in the Price Guide, obviously heads the list of most valuable books from the … Read more
Most Valuable First Edition Picturebooks In Chapter 8 of the Children’s Picturebook Price Guide, we list the most valuable picturebooks, followed by a page describing the most valuable picturebooks of each decade. Seven Dr. Seuss books make the list of most valuable picturebooks from the 1950’s, headed by The Cat In The Hat. The true … Read more
Most Valuable First Edition Picturebooks In Chapter 8 of the Children’s Picturebook Price Guide, we list the most valuable picturebooks, followed by a page describing the most valuable picturebooks of each decade. Horton Hatches The Egg, by Theodor Seuss Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss, tops the list of the most valuable children’s picturebooks of the decade. … Read more
For those with interest in Dr. Seuss ephemera: The Mandeville Special Collections Library at the University of California, San Diego, is pleased to announce the publication of a new online exhibitions: Dr. Seuss Went to War: A Catalog of Political Cartoons displays 388 political cartoons published by Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel) in the newspaper PM … Read more
Most Valuable First Edition Picturebooks In Chapter 8 of the Children’s Picturebook Price Guide, we list the most valuable picturebooks, then include a page listing the twenty most valuable picturebooks of each decade. The following is the excerpt from the 1930’s: Most Valuable Books – 1930’s As one might expect, since the picturebook industry was … Read more
Every year the American Library Association announces the Caldecott and Newbery Medal winning books at their mid-Winter conference. The event was webcast this morning. Once the winners are announced, we hustle out to purchase a copy or two of the winning books, since they will be tougher to find within a week. The books become … Read more
In 1938, the Horn Book Magazine published two issues which contained reviews or excerpts of Tolkien’s The Hobbit. Vintage Horn Book Magazines have collectible value, due in part to the articles on children’s books contained in each issue, which provide a ‘when published’ perspective on the respective authors, illustrators, and books, and also their use … Read more