Any idea who buys or collects this sort of thing? I have the Art of Chess
from 1905

is it worth anything?

"Flobby Bischer" wrote in message
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Any idea who buys or collects this sort of thing? I have the Art of Chess
from 1905

is it worth anything?

It all depends on the condition. I see it being offered for sale on
bookfinder.com at prices ranging frm $3.50 to $100. The used book market is
quite large. You can learn about it at the Antiquarian Booksellers
Association of America, http://abaa.org/ or just go poking around such sites
as bookfinder.com or Advanced Book Exchange, http://www.abebooks.com/.
There is a lively market in used chess books on eBay.

"Flobby Bischer" wrote in message ...
Any idea who buys or collects this sort of thing? I have the Art of Chess
from 1905

is it worth anything?

Condition makes all the difference in the world to collectors.

David Ames

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Condition makes all the difference in the world to collectors.

And availability, no doubt.

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(David Ames) wrote in rec.games.chess.misc:


Condition makes all the difference in the world to collectors.

And availability, no doubt.

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Sure, the *difference* in condition refers to available copies, or
were you referring to something else?

David Ames

(David Ames) wrote in rec.games.chess.misc:


Sure, the *difference* in condition refers to available copies, or
were you referring to something else?


Yes I was.

1,000 1905 books without cover and with pages creaked, stained and missing
aren't generally worth a penny (condition) while 2,000,000 books from 1905
in excellent condition aren't generally worth a penny also (availability).

Now wonder what happens when there's only one copy available in excellent
condition, and you happen to have it.

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Flobby Bischer wrote:

Any idea who buys or collects this sort of thing? I have the Art of Chess
from 1905

would be interesting to know whether it fits together with GM Wenzhe 's
book which covers chinese approach and chess history.

Flobby Bischer wrote:

Any idea who buys or collects this sort of thing? I have the Art of Chess
from 1905

is it worth anything?


sells at ebay about 20$ or so. there are antique book shops where prices
are 80 ... 300+ $ for stuff from 1770 .. 1900.

there is a story about a cool book by frenchman chapain, that was never
printed, due to french revolution 1789 , but there is a good copy of the
manuscript 550 pages. someone needs to sit down to put it to computer
readable format.