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Get the Home Run Guide Compiled by Janelle Elms

I was honored to write a vintage children’s book guide for this ebook. I wanted to post because today is the final day of the early launch discount. It’s still at $29 today and will go up to $50 tomorrow. If you at all sell on either eBay or Amazon

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Russell and Lillian Hoban

 A hint to booksellers around the holidays is to overprice vintage children’s books rather than under price. Books tend to sell for more during the holidays. This is true also for the classic Christmas books. Ordinarily these books don’t sell for as much as I have recently sold them for

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Ladybird Books – Vintage Readers

Wikipedia —> With the demise of the traditional Ladybird publishing format has come an increased interest in collecting, often by adults who were children when Ladybird was in its heyday in the 1960s and early 1970s. A great many second-hand Ladybird books are available and it can be an inexpensive

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Dick and Jane Reading Primers

We make great money off the old Dick and Jane books. Here is another sleeper series of books which most sellers will pass by. Catholic version of the Dick and Jane books are the Faith and Freedom series. Dick and Jane readers continue to be great sellers. However, the

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Book Pricing Strategy for eBay and Amazon

From my inbox: How do you decide on a pricing strategy for children’s books when there are no books on Amazon in which to guide you?

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D’Aulaire, Ingri and Edgar

D’Aulaire, Ingri and Edgar Keywords: homeschool, vintage, hardcover, HBDJ, D’Aulaire, date if original copy Biography series Written and illustrated beautifully with brightly colored pencil drawings these books are about America’s famous builders and American folktales.  George Washington (1936) is the first of seven books celebrating the lives of explorers, discoverers

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Eloise Wilkin a Collectible Illustrator

Eloise Wilkin’s adorable illustrated children are found nearly everywhere. You can bet many of her books appeal to the collector’s market. You can’t miss her books. She was featured mostly on the Little Golden Books of the 50s and 60s. Look for the children with the chubby faces and hands.

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Charlot Byj Vintage Books

Known for her greeting card artwork Charlot Byj (pronounced BUY) illustrated adorable winter scenery pictures of children in the 1940s. Her most memorable creatures were red headed children. These children became her trademark. The best known are Raggy Shabby O’Hair, his sister Raggy Muffin, and their mother, M’Lady O’Hair. These have been manufactured as eleven [...]

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The Uncle Wiggily Book

We have sold many books written by Howard Garis. He is known for his Uncle Wiggily series. If you run a search you will see that many of the books are not worth a whole lot but many are worth a pretty penny. I have seen auctions sell for over

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Sugar Mouse Cake – Valuable Vintage Book

Sugar Mouse Cake – Valuable Vintage Book

If you are a child of a baby boomer you may remember Gene Zion’s works like Harry the Dirty Dog series. He has a few vintage collectible books that will serve you well should you find one. A book to look for that sells regularly at about $50. If you have a vintage copy of Sugar Mouse Cake it may be time to part with it and sell books online. Gene Zion illustrated this famous and valuable book written in 1964.

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