For Sale Engine model books

[DaFarmer]

I have several book and drawings that cover model engines.

 

[MrMetric]

Without prices, it becomes a fishing expedition. Most of us don't care do get involved in trying to figure out what someone wants... It is probably beneficial for you to state what your asking price is.

 

[DaFarmer]

200 for all of them.

 

[MrMetric]

OK, it looks like you have five books, then, that you want to sell for $200. One of these is a Coles catalog, and one is the build information for a 'Little Engines' O gauge engine (either copy or original). My sense is that you are asking a pretty penny for these. I'm guessing that you found these at a garage sale or something and you found HMEM through some internet searching? That is fine; in fact, I kind of like things not going to the dump when the kids have no idea what grandpa was doing! That said, I think you are probably trying to fetch beyond top dollar for the books (no, I'm not interested in them). The real value, though, is probably to put them on eBay. Sure, you may only get $50 for them *and* have to pay $10 in commissions, etc. But, at least you'll know the real value of the books.

 

[DaFarmer]

It is definitely a treasure and they were actually given to me and I just never took the time to restore them which is a shame on me. But everything is sold. I would change the status but not to sure how to

 

[MrMetric]

Well, egg on my face then! Congratulations! It is always good to see things go to a new home where they will be appreciated.

 

[L98fiero]

Well, egg on my face then! Congratulations! It is always good to see things go to a new home where they were appreciated.

It's funny because I saw a cancelled EBay listing of the Yates Model Making book for $7 and, it's a free download on archive.org but yes, better that than in recycling/trash.

 

[animal12]

L98 do you by chance have the link for the yates book on Archive ? I've not been able to find it on Archive .
thanks
animal

 

[animal12]

OK I found it , It seems to help if I look at what I type before I hit send .
animal

 

[awake]

If a person is only interested in the content of these books, I was able to find reprints (or in some cases, used copies) for around $20 each with just a quick Google search. But it may be that the perceived value is in the books as collector items, in which case a reprint will not do.