Saturday, December 5, 2020

Check your attic

In The Telegraph today: "Classic books are selling for thousands – is there a fortune hidden on your children’s shelves?" (almost certainly behind a subscription wall):
Classic children’s books that have captivated young readers for generations are now in high demand among adult collectors, who are willing to pay thousands of pounds for pristine copies and rare editions. ....

Collectors are increasingly willing to spend thousands of pounds for rare copies in top shape. A first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone sold for £60,000 at Hansons auction house in Staffordshire in October. Cheffins, a Cambridge auctioneer, sold a first edition copy of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis for £1,900 and first editions of JRR Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy for £3,200. ....
Not mine
Mr Ashton said the works of Beatrix Potter and CS Lewis had stood the test of time and remained highly desirable. More recent works such as the Asterix series, by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, as well as Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar and titles by Roald Dahl were also rising in popularity among book dealers. ....

Mr Ashton urged people to check their homes to see if they owned any hidden gems. “Many of us have children’s books that have been cleared away into cardboard boxes and consigned to the loft, so it could be worth checking these out to see if there are any first editions lurking, which could be worth into the thousands,” he said.
"Classic books are selling for thousands – is there a fortune hidden on your children’s shelves?"

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