Yeah condition is crutial to a the value of a used book. I paid $3 for a
hardback copy of Dr. Carl Sagan's amazing "Cosmos" because the dustcover had
been faded in the sun.
Lamadoo
----- Original Message ----- > I made the mistake last week of not noticing
that condition was stated
> (as "good") when John D. asked this question. I said that condition
> matters when asking about a book's value. Actually, it matters more when
> a book is sold by a professional book vendor. While the following 40
> month price data reflects a different selling venue (eBay), you can see
> that purchases by photographers from primarily amateur sellers partly
> results in folks buying for content rather than condition. In another
> words, there isn't a clear trend of increased condition = increased
> price. But, if you try selling a collection of Good and Poor condition
> books to a bookstore, they most certainly will pay poorly based on
> condition
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