Value of a Webster's Collegiate Dictionary 1924?

Judy
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July 17, 20180 found this helpful

It is almost 100 years old. That is considered an antique. I would take it to a couple book dealers for their opinion.

cybergrannie
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July 17, 20180 found this helpful

I have not found any publication for 1924 so it would be difficult to place a current value on this book. You do not state the overall condition of your book and that would be a big factor in finding the value.

• I would suggest you ask for an appraisal as that would give you more information about your book and maybe some idea as to value. Here is a link to a site that has sites offering free appraisals but you will have to give more information and pictures.
• www.whatsellsbest.com/.../books.html
• www.prattlibrary.org/.../index.aspx?cat=99&id=4695
• Others will supply more information and Pghgirl40 always has good suggestions so keep checking back for more answers.

Salwa.ahmed71

July 18, 20180 found this helpful

Thanks, i really appreciate your answer it will help a lot.

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Pghgirl40
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July 18, 20180 found this helpful

Thanks for the shout out, cybergrannie!

Salwa.ahmed71...Without a photo it is hard to give you an exact value, but I can get you in the right direction:

With the item in front of you, go to eBay, type in what it says in the inside cover page (title and year--to start), click the SOLD button (look on your eBay screen to the far left--you may need to scroll down to find and click the radio button or square) and then click search.

Look at the titles and pictures for an EXACT Match to your item (in name, year AND condition).

The reason I stress exact match is that is the best way to determine value...is to make apples to apples comparison with what you have in front of you, exact book and condition for a sold item.

If you use something similar you are not going to get an exact value as sometimes there are similar items where one has a lot of value and the similar none...so if there are no sold listing for your exact book keep checking back.

If there are none sold at the moment, you can use the active auctions to set up a watch on an EXACT item, but until it sells, you will have no idea of value...because asking price is not always want someone will actually PAY for an item.

ONLY SOLD AUCTIONS WILL TELL YOU WHAT SOMEONE WILL ACTUALLY PAYS--PAY = VALUE.

If there are a bunch that sold of the exact item and they are all different sold prices, you can average them together and divide by the number to get the best "value".

When trying to determine your selling price (value), I use the price people paid PLUS shipping (which I know a lot of people disagree with me about) because if you are selling the at a face to face venue, it is helpful to know the EXACT amount someone forked over for an item when setting your price.

So, if someone paid $100 with free shipping (you could value the item at 100). If someone paid 50 for an item and 50 for shipping, same thing (50 + 50 = 100).

One last piece of info is to remember that VALUE is it is TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN PROFIT. Meaning in the eBay example, if the item sold for $100 with free shipping, the seller only netted (and I am using round numbers for reference only) less than 50 because shipping something this heavy is expensive in that case is paid by the SELLER, plus the eBay and Paypal fees are paid by the seller also.

Hope this gets you started in getting a value for you dictionary!