| It's almost five years now since I began tearing up | | | | also on eBay, who hunt out books containing highly |
| old books and magazines and selling their separate | | | | collectible pages to remove and resell on eBay. |
| pages on eBay - and making very good profits! In | | | | A major benefit of this business is that most popular |
| fact those separate pages can fetch much higher | | | | items from old books and magazines can attract |
| prices than I might make selling the complete book | | | | double or higher bidder numbers and culminate in |
| on eBay, for reasons I'll tell you about now. | | | | plentiful Second Chance Offers for every eBay listing. |
| The main reason is that many buyers exist, on eBay | | | | So, once you know what titles to look for, namely |
| and elsewhere, for pictures or articles, maps or | | | | those fetching the highest prices per page on eBay, |
| drawings, how-to guides and advertisements, and so | | | | all you do is search on and off the Internet and |
| many other products from vintage books and | | | | replenish your stock as often as possible. |
| magazines. Some items are for research purposes, | | | | These tips will help you grow a stock of books and |
| some just to read, others are for decorative | | | | magazines to literally tear apart and sell their pages |
| purposes which framed or unframed look far nicer | | | | on eBay: |
| than any modern day poster or print. | | | | * Look at other sellers' high price listings for items |
| We're talking very early publications here, not recent | | | | extracted from early books and magazines and make |
| ones, most profitable of all being heavily illustrated | | | | a note of any titles mentioned by sellers which you |
| books and magazines from Victorian times which can | | | | then add to your 'wanted' lists with on and offline |
| be quite rare today and their contents worth a | | | | book sellers. It goes without saying you should not |
| premium over those from modern day publications. | | | | give product sources in your own listings for fear of |
| Advertisements, for example, were often created by | | | | passing your secrets and sharing your market with |
| highly collectible artists and printed on thick paper, | | | | other sellers. |
| unlike their modern day photographic counterparts on | | | | * If sellers give titles of prints or pages or even |
| thinner paper and available in their hundreds or | | | | dates and artists' names, but not actual publication |
| thousands. Because magazines in particular were, still | | | | titles, then try searching Google images for those |
| are, created to be read and usually thrown away | | | | pages. For a print by George Studdy, for example, |
| soon afterwards it's unlikely many from Victorian | | | | creator of Bonzo Dog, and a print entitled 'Ball Boy', |
| times remain in good condition today. Pages from | | | | you might search Google images for 'Studdy + Bonzo |
| publications that have survived the years unscathed | | | | + Ball + Boy' where you'll almost certainly discover |
| can fetch high prices on eBay, sometimes much more | | | | the print was published in several different |
| than the book from which they came, mainly | | | | publications which you can then search for via online |
| because few end users know how or where to find | | | | auction databases or add to your 'wanted' lists with |
| those original publications containing their particular | | | | on and offline book sellers. |
| favourite pages. So they will pay hefty prices to | | | | That's just two tips, but very important ones, and |
| purchase loose pages in preference to spending hour | | | | they'll help you grow a stock of publications which |
| or days, weeks or even years locating their original | | | | you can buy for a few dollars apiece and break into |
| publications. | | | | ten, twenty, or many more pages all potentially |
| That makes this idea one of the very best and most | | | | worth at least as much as the book or magazine |
| profitable arbitrage opportunities available today, | | | | from which they came. |
| especially for buyers at book auctions and boot sales, | | | | |