Wine and not just Bordeaux, the clever money is Burgundy and a few others but you need a good advisor. Cases can range from 500 pounds upwards. So not crazy prices to start with.

It's been a pain having to keep all these cases of blue nun in the bedroom for the last ten years but I may cash in soon!

Did anyone buy a Brick from Supreme?

I heard loads of them turned up broken, no surprise there then.

i think you might find there's a few rolex folks here.

i'm alas not one..

classic cars DB4, DB5, DB6, early E type lightweights F40, F50, 550 barchetta, 250 GTO, Daytona, 288 GTO

Priceless. Shame I can't invest in that.

Yeah, it's just a materialistic phase.......... It will fade away, don't show concern

The person below appears to know loads more than i will ever know about book collecting




Oct 22, 2016 at 12:58am sleepy said:
Thanks for the warm welcome. I do have pictures of my old book collection, but they are less fun to look at thanks pictures of art. ;-)

I have a lot of the classics. I have most of Charles Dickens and Mark Twain's first editions. I have some from first editions by Jules Verne, Alexandre Dumas, Arthur Conan Doyle, George Orwell, John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, Ayn Rand, Victor Hugo, Jack London, Edgar Allen Poe, Leo Tolstoy and many more first editions and other rare books. I also have an 1831 first illustrated edition of Frankenstein. My favorite book that I own though would have to be my first US Edition of Crime and Punishment.

I may get around to uploading some of my art soon.

What are some of your favorite rare books that you own?

Good to meet you.
Bloody hell that is quite a collection of rare books. I would love to own the illustrated Frankenstein. For my part I have an original page of V for Vendetta and a signed first edition of Christopher Priest's Space Machine and a signed China Miellville... but that is it. Lost a lot of lovely books from moving house and country over the years.
Nice to her that people still collect books though.
Leo

Sorry, I missed your reply to me. I am not sure how many people still collect books actually. I think that E-Books have put a damper on their popularity worldwide as collectibles. They still have value, but don't seem to have appreciated much at all over the past decade since I stopped collecting. I actually used to sell rare books online, on ebay, a decade ago. My collection kept growing and growing as I continued. Then I just stopped one day, all of a sudden. I haven't bought or sold a rare book in close to 10 years. Because I stopped abruptly, I never really weaned down my collection and still have far more than I should. They literally took over my previous apartment. Wall to wall shelves, and boxes of books all over the floors. When I eventually moved, there was so much dust, it was a mess. They are pretty much all in storage now. I plan on selling most of them (except my absolute favorites) one day, if I can ever find time, and bringing a solid shelf's worth to my current apartment. It is why I fought the urge to collect any art for so long. I promised myself no more collecting when I stopped books, because I had begun to feel a bit like a hoarder ;-) Still, when I moved to where I am now and started looking for stuff for my walls, I couldn't help myself. I like collecting art more than books for many reasons. One of the main reasons, is that you can look at the art all the time. Rare books are fragile. You really aren't supposed to read the valuable ones. They are like collectible toys that you can't take out of their box. A rare book should be kept on a shelf, and dusted, but not opened much, except when being extra careful. It is hard to show anyone else a very rare book, because they will not open it correctly and possibly damage the spine or dustjacket. People actually recommend that if you want to read one of your rare books, that you buy a 2nd cheap copy that you keep as a "reading copy" and not read the valuable ones. I like that you can put up art on the walls and appreciate them all the time and guests can appreciate them (or not) equally, without any special precautions being taken. I also like that they don't collect dust or take up so much space.

So, I wouldn't really call myself a book collector anymore, but I have a great book collection. It is also why I dread the moment when I run out of wall space. I don't want to sell collectibles ever again, but I know that when I run out of wall space, I don't think that I will just be able to stop buying art from that point on. I don't know what I will do with my extras when that happens. I guess I will cross that bridge when I come to it.

I forget to mention my favorite illustrated books from my book collecting days. I may keep many of these ones. If anyone wants to check out some classic illustrators, my favorites from my collecting days include N.C. Wyeth, Arthur Rackham, Gustave Dore, and Salvador Dali. I own a great Dali Macbeth and a Dali Don Quixote. But I really recommend Arthur Rackham and Gustave Dore if anyone here has not heard of them. They illustrated a ton of books each, around the 1800's and early 1900s. Definitely worth checking out.



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