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An acquaintance has most of most years from the mid-1970s when they were just folders into the glossy slick books of the early 2000s, most with original stamp packaging. (For some years she has 2-3 copies).
Does anyone know any dealers who acquire these for resale?
Appreciated.
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IMO, you'd probably pay more to send them to a dealer, than the dealer would offer you. I'd suggest just selling them on eBay yourself. |
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On trade sites, someone offered me to send her a yearbook from my country in exchange for yearbooks from her country. If you or your acquaintance are interested in other countries, this can be a solution too. |
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Unless they're ultra modern, dealers will only give you a fraction of the face value. Just use the postage and toss the books or donate them quite honestly |
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Thanks for the advice. The books were inherited by a non-collector so a trade might be interesting but won't work in this case. Difficult to trash such high quality material and I would never suggest it. Will consider selling by item. |
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It should be a fairly straightforward process to look on eBay and see how many of these yearbooks are being listed, and sold, and at what price. That's should give you a guide to your upper limit on possible realizations over time.
If the current results are not worth your available time and effort, then use them for postage as was suggested. |
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I bought around fifteen Royal Mail yearbooks at auction for around 45% of face value, used the stamps for ebay postage and put the empty volumes on ebay. Got around a tenner. Yearbooks are attractive - much more interesting than the stamps in Royal Mail's case - but carry little financial value. If I got any in future, I'd put them on my garden wall, with my other "please take me" books. |
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IMHO, the only value in these yearbooks are the stamps, which for the items mentioned is likely face value or thereabouts. I would guess there would be very few dealers interested in them and as mentioned, likely only offering a small fraction of the face value if anything.
They are nice items to give to kids or donate. |
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I had numerous USPS yearbooks from the late 1990s/early 2000s without stamps and tried to sell them on both Hip and eBay for $1 a piece plus postage. Didn't get a single bid or offer. They all went into the recycling bin. I asked a local stamp dealer if there is any market for the books only from either USA or Canada and he said no. |
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There are better year books such as the 2014 USA with a special printing Circus sheet and also several popular sheets that sell for double face. |
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The yearbooks do seem to sell on eBay - several sales listed over the past couple years; many around the $10 (plus postage) range; but I am not an eBay seller, which is why I asked if anyone knows any specific dealers who might make an offer. |
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As already stated, most every dealer would make an offer based only on the face value of the postage. The books will mean nothing to them. There just isn't a secondary market for this type of material, especially when the cost of labor and shipping are accounted for. Wishing and hoping won't change the market realities. |
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Posted 02/11/2023 10:23 am
