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Originally Posted by Kickaha
I think my oldest is an 1856 Smithsonian Institute Annual Report, if I remember the year correctly. Kinda pre-barcode.  |
You would've enjoyed Antiques Roadshow last night.
A guy bought this book at auction for maybe $200. It had been signed and dated '1878' in a hand-written note on the inside cover - something like: "To John on his birthday, March 2, 1878."
So its value had been appraised as an 1878 book.
Turns out it was *actually* a book published in like
1578, and was worth like $50,000-$70,000 - or something like that.
On a side note, some lady in NY bought a painting at a yard sale for $4, and it turned out to be worth from $50,000-$100,000.
I think the painter was named Wachtel.
But yeah, old books are cool.
PS - The amounts here are ballpark figures. If I had known I'd be writing about this, I would've taken notes, for the preservation of accuracy.
