I have a complete set of Odhams Encyclopedia, printed 1966 in English. Are they worth anything?
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The ones I see posted on eBay and not sold in a set. It appears that people have broken down their sets and are trying to sell them off as single volumes. Most of the listing for the single volume is $18.99.A lot of old encyclopediae printed after 1923 are almost worthless except to maybe a crafter who will pay a few dollars for the set. You can try searching online for book collectors of old books and see if you can find a person who is interested in these books. Right now all these books are printed online and there is no real need to buy a set of books like this when a person can download the information for free.
It seems that Odhams has several different types of encyclopedias so if I'm researching the wrong one you'll have to reply and send a picture of your set and also of the title page.
Examples:
Presently listed for $10 in UK.
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Sold in September for $10.50 in UK.
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Is this volume the same edition as yours?
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Sold 8/2018 for $23.99 in UK
This set was listed on eBay.UK for 3 1/2 years before it sold.
The Modern Encyclopedia Illustrated Volume 1 - 8 Odhams 1966
You can check eBay's sold listings to see if your same set has sold recently but you will find that much later volumes of other brands have sold for a lot more money.
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Beottom line:
Your set is probably valued at less than $25 and may take a very long time to sell. However, times change so you might try listing your set at a higher price with best offer plus shipping and see if anyone is interested.
Most of the collectors of this series are from the UK. The value of these are not bringing in more than $50, and that's on a good day. Often these books value grow more after they become more than 100 years old. Right now the average sell is $10 to $25 in the US and about the same in the UK plus postage. - www.ebay.co.uk./
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