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Thread #109174 Message #2293236
Posted By: Stilly River Sage
19-Mar-08 - 10:53 PM
Thread Name: BS: De-cluttering accountability - heave ho!
Subject: RE: BS: De-cluttering accountability - heave ho!
I can see your books now. With cloth covered books, if they once had a dust jacket but don't now, they are difficult to sell (unless someone has a dust jacket lying around to put on the book, but that would be extremely rare). I think, given that set of older, attractive but not eligible for book antiquarians to collect, that you might want to sell by the lot as (for example) "Lot-10 beautifully illustrated children's classics" and mention in the body of the text who the illustrators are, etc. Adjectives aren't such a great thing to put in the subject line unless you have the room to spare, but if you do have the room, then use it. You might want to run a second line with "Twain, Irving, Stephenson, Wordsworth," etc.
I sell using Lots to save labor, but also because they tend to form their own critical mass when you've collected several together. I would sell your O'Connor books as a group.
If they don't sell, give them each a high estimate and donate them to the Goodwill. For every $100 you donate (get a receipt and keep your photos with it, along with a brief description) you realize about $30 off of your taxes. That's how to declutter. :)
SRS