From: RickBook@aol.com Subject: [LDS-Bookshelf] Weird Bookmen Date: 03 Mar 2002 13:51:29 EST A fellow bookseller forwarded me comments from a recent visitor to a book fair in the East. The following line particularly caught my attention, and opened my floodgates of perplexed resentment, which I now heap upon fellow 'Shelfers for their comparative experiences or reflections. (I do not use gender-neutral language below, because I find most women booksellers to be utterly delightful and attentive. One kisses me on the lips whenever I see her at fairs. I think it would be rude to pull away.) << In truth, I felt many dealers were more interested in talking to other dealers than to customers. >> [I responded:] "Thank you for forwarding this newsletter. I found it very interesting indeed. The particular sentence which I quote from it, above, struck me with particular force and familiar ring. As a somewhat timid, unassertive personality, I have passed over many book fair booths over the years without buying, simply because I could not get the dealer's attention in order to ask him a question. Most of us do not want the dealer to "be all over us" at his booth while we are attempting to browse. Yet we still appreciate a moment's attention in order that we can pass along our wants, or inquire if a Book of Commandments might recently have come to hand. "One prominent [Upstate NY] dealer is especially bad this way. Let me call him "John," for sake of anonymity . . . He knows I spend good money for local Mormon-related history, which he carries, and I have bought from him off and on for nearly twenty years. Yet whenever I stop by his booth, he is so busy pontificating to some collector or fellow dealer that I would be forced to cut in very forcefully if I were to get his attention. As often as not, he is rambling on about his latest vacation trip to some exotic place. I generally pass by his booth two and three times, and at some fairs never gain his attention. He loses potential sales to me, as a result, and surely he must thus lose sales to other buyers as well. "Just for fun, let me gripe about bookseller eccentricities even further. After you and I chatted on the phone, Friday, I went to [a small NY State city] to see my accountant. I have made this annual excursion since the 1980s, and used to stop at various used & antiquarian bookstores in that area, where I used to live. Over the years, sadly, I have been so put off by the surliness and blatant weirdness of virtually all these personalities that I have pretty much stopped visiting them. They scarcely remember me, if at all, and act as if it is an imposition to listen to what I would like to buy from them. In my declining years, I finally begin to equate the antiquarian world with religion: not a place which makes people weird, necessarily, but a likely place for weird personalities to seek refuge!" Rick Grunder - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Keith Irwin" Subject: RE: [LDS-Bookshelf] Weird Bookmen Date: 03 Mar 2002 15:25:41 -0800 From my experience, I would add that the "bigger the book fair, the worse the treatment I get. Smaller local fairs, like Sacramento or Nevada City, seem more personal. At the same time, I know that book dealers have regular customers and I understand completely taking time with them when they show up at a fair. A question for the dealers - One dealer said to me that the best part of a fair is the buying they do from other dealers. Would you agree or disagree? Keith -----Original Message----- [mailto:owner-lds-bookshelf@lists.xmission.com] On Behalf Of RickBook@aol.com Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 10:51 AM A fellow bookseller forwarded me comments from a recent visitor to a book fair in the East. The following line particularly caught my attention, and opened my floodgates of perplexed resentment, which I now heap upon fellow 'Shelfers for their comparative experiences or reflections. (I do not use gender-neutral language below, because I find most women booksellers to be utterly delightful and attentive. One kisses me on the lips whenever I see her at fairs. I think it would be rude to pull away.) << In truth, I felt many dealers were more interested in talking to other dealers than to customers. >> [I responded:] "Thank you for forwarding this newsletter. I found it very interesting indeed. The particular sentence which I quote from it, above, struck me with particular force and familiar ring. As a somewhat timid, unassertive personality, I have passed over many book fair booths over the years without buying, simply because I could not get the dealer's attention in order to ask him a question. Most of us do not want the dealer to "be all over us" at his booth while we are attempting to browse. Yet we still appreciate a moment's attention in order that we can pass along our wants, or inquire if a Book of Commandments might recently have come to hand. "One prominent [Upstate NY] dealer is especially bad this way. Let me call him "John," for sake of anonymity . . . He knows I spend good money for local Mormon-related history, which he carries, and I have bought from him off and on for nearly twenty years. Yet whenever I stop by his booth, he is so busy pontificating to some collector or fellow dealer that I would be forced to cut in very forcefully if I were to get his attention. As often as not, he is rambling on about his latest vacation trip to some exotic place. I generally pass by his booth two and three times, and at some fairs never gain his attention. He loses potential sales to me, as a result, and surely he must thus lose sales to other buyers as well. "Just for fun, let me gripe about bookseller eccentricities even further. After you and I chatted on the phone, Friday, I went to [a small NY State city] to see my accountant. I have made this annual excursion since the 1980s, and used to stop at various used & antiquarian bookstores in that area, where I used to live. Over the years, sadly, I have been so put off by the surliness and blatant weirdness of virtually all these personalities that I have pretty much stopped visiting them. They scarcely remember me, if at all, and act as if it is an imposition to listen to what I would like to buy from them. In my declining years, I finally begin to equate the antiquarian world with religion: not a place which makes people weird, necessarily, but a likely place for weird personalities to seek refuge!" Rick Grunder - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Steve Eccles" Subject: RE: [LDS-Bookshelf] Weird Bookmen Date: 03 Mar 2002 16:14:05 -0800 I heard a lot of complaints at the ABAA Fair in L.A. about this ... buying between dealers. Several people I overhead in the common areas noted that they dealers took all of the good stuff for themselves. This is a pretty vague way to measure this, but it does go with Keith's comment. --Steve -----Original Message----- [mailto:owner-lds-bookshelf@lists.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Keith Irwin Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 3:26 PM From my experience, I would add that the "bigger the book fair, the worse the treatment I get. Smaller local fairs, like Sacramento or Nevada City, seem more personal. At the same time, I know that book dealers have regular customers and I understand completely taking time with them when they show up at a fair. A question for the dealers - One dealer said to me that the best part of a fair is the buying they do from other dealers. Would you agree or disagree? Keith -----Original Message----- [mailto:owner-lds-bookshelf@lists.xmission.com] On Behalf Of RickBook@aol.com Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 10:51 AM A fellow bookseller forwarded me comments from a recent visitor to a book fair in the East. The following line particularly caught my attention, and opened my floodgates of perplexed resentment, which I now heap upon fellow 'Shelfers for their comparative experiences or reflections. (I do not use gender-neutral language below, because I find most women booksellers to be utterly delightful and attentive. One kisses me on the lips whenever I see her at fairs. I think it would be rude to pull away.) << In truth, I felt many dealers were more interested in talking to other dealers than to customers. >> [I responded:] "Thank you for forwarding this newsletter. I found it very interesting indeed. The particular sentence which I quote from it, above, struck me with particular force and familiar ring. As a somewhat timid, unassertive personality, I have passed over many book fair booths over the years without buying, simply because I could not get the dealer's attention in order to ask him a question. Most of us do not want the dealer to "be all over us" at his booth while we are attempting to browse. Yet we still appreciate a moment's attention in order that we can pass along our wants, or inquire if a Book of Commandments might recently have come to hand. "One prominent [Upstate NY] dealer is especially bad this way. Let me call him "John," for sake of anonymity . . . He knows I spend good money for local Mormon-related history, which he carries, and I have bought from him off and on for nearly twenty years. Yet whenever I stop by his booth, he is so busy pontificating to some collector or fellow dealer that I would be forced to cut in very forcefully if I were to get his attention. As often as not, he is rambling on about his latest vacation trip to some exotic place. I generally pass by his booth two and three times, and at some fairs never gain his attention. He loses potential sales to me, as a result, and surely he must thus lose sales to other buyers as well. "Just for fun, let me gripe about bookseller eccentricities even further. After you and I chatted on the phone, Friday, I went to [a small NY State city] to see my accountant. I have made this annual excursion since the 1980s, and used to stop at various used & antiquarian bookstores in that area, where I used to live. Over the years, sadly, I have been so put off by the surliness and blatant weirdness of virtually all these personalities that I have pretty much stopped visiting them. They scarcely remember me, if at all, and act as if it is an imposition to listen to what I would like to buy from them. In my declining years, I finally begin to equate the antiquarian world with religion: not a place which makes people weird, necessarily, but a likely place for weird personalities to seek refuge!" Rick Grunder - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RickBook@aol.com Subject: [LDS-Bookshelf] Ramblings Date: 03 Mar 2002 22:23:04 EST In a message dated 3/3/02 7:14:49 PM Eastern Standard Time, steve.eccles2@verizon.net writes: << I heard a lot of complaints at the ABAA Fair in L.A. about this ... buying between dealers. Several people I overhead in the common areas noted that they dealers took all of the good stuff for themselves. This is a pretty vague way to measure this, but it does go with Keith's comment. >> This is one of the reasons fairs are held, in the end. The common adage among dealers is that if you cannot sell well at a fair, perhaps you can at least "buy well." A dealer only survives on the "sleepers" he discovers, since one cannot hope to make a living marking up ordinary books by 10 or 20 percent. And a book fair is a rich source for sleepers - BEFORE the show starts, the sleepers change hands, and the prices are adjusted. It is like the mission field (as I experienced it): you tract all day, week after week, perhaps month after month, and get almost nowhere. Then suddenly, your barber or the local grocer mentions that he has a friend who is interested in the Mormons, and presto: a golden convert. We dealers around here buy from one another so much that we joke about how much easier it would be if we would simply fill one trunk with our goods, and pass it around among ourselves from time to time. We dealers get together socially, but we always bring our checkbooks, even if we are to meet at a restaurant ("I have something in the car for you . . ."). In 2000, I had dinner with a dealer at a steakhouse while a first edition Book of Mormon waited, uninspected, out in his van. (I collated it by parking lot light after dessert, scrawled a simple receipt promising to pay for it, took it to my car & drove away.) The really great dealers were the "dealers' dealers": some grand old guy who seemed to have sources reaching back to the times when he was only fifty or sixty years old, long ago. Such a dealer would arrive on set-up day to exhibit at a small fair, and the other dealers who were setting up would rush over to see what he had. The expression applied here is, "He never had to unpack . . ." . . . meaning, he had such great (and underpriced) treasures that the other dealers simply opened his boxes for him, asked how much for this, for that, and made their piles and wrote him checks. I had such a friend who would call and offer the most wonderful stuff! We dealers say that such guys have mostly died off, now. But it goes on. In about thirty years, young Mormon dealers will come to LaFayette and see if old Grunder will sell to them at prices from the year 2015. I will hobble downstairs, open boxes of junk which I filled in the early part of this century, and be amazed at the prices the youngsters will offer! Rick Grunder - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Steve Eccles" Subject: RE: [LDS-Bookshelf] Ramblings Date: 03 Mar 2002 20:50:53 -0800 I understand that dealers have to get their wares wherever they can, Rick. Since the ABAA fair is put on by an organization of very accomplished book dealers, the top books would be available here. Dealers must look out for their customers who can't attend. No question. However, it is frustrating. I agree with Keith that the smaller fairs are better then the big ones. If for no other reason than there are more books in my price range. --Steve -----Original Message----- [mailto:owner-lds-bookshelf@lists.xmission.com] On Behalf Of RickBook@aol.com Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 7:23 PM In a message dated 3/3/02 7:14:49 PM Eastern Standard Time, steve.eccles2@verizon.net writes: << I heard a lot of complaints at the ABAA Fair in L.A. about this ... buying between dealers. Several people I overhead in the common areas noted that they dealers took all of the good stuff for themselves. This is a pretty vague way to measure this, but it does go with Keith's comment. >> This is one of the reasons fairs are held, in the end. The common adage among dealers is that if you cannot sell well at a fair, perhaps you can at least "buy well." A dealer only survives on the "sleepers" he discovers, since one cannot hope to make a living marking up ordinary books by 10 or 20 percent. And a book fair is a rich source for sleepers - BEFORE the show starts, the sleepers change hands, and the prices are adjusted. It is like the mission field (as I experienced it): you tract all day, week after week, perhaps month after month, and get almost nowhere. Then suddenly, your barber or the local grocer mentions that he has a friend who is interested in the Mormons, and presto: a golden convert. We dealers around here buy from one another so much that we joke about how much easier it would be if we would simply fill one trunk with our goods, and pass it around among ourselves from time to time. We dealers get together socially, but we always bring our checkbooks, even if we are to meet at a restaurant ("I have something in the car for you . . ."). In 2000, I had dinner with a dealer at a steakhouse while a first edition Book of Mormon waited, uninspected, out in his van. (I collated it by parking lot light after dessert, scrawled a simple receipt promising to pay for it, took it to my car & drove away.) The really great dealers were the "dealers' dealers": some grand old guy who seemed to have sources reaching back to the times when he was only fifty or sixty years old, long ago. Such a dealer would arrive on set-up day to exhibit at a small fair, and the other dealers who were setting up would rush over to see what he had. The expression applied here is, "He never had to unpack . . ." . . . meaning, he had such great (and underpriced) treasures that the other dealers simply opened his boxes for him, asked how much for this, for that, and made their piles and wrote him checks. I had such a friend who would call and offer the most wonderful stuff! We dealers say that such guys have mostly died off, now. But it goes on. In about thirty years, young Mormon dealers will come to LaFayette and see if old Grunder will sell to them at prices from the year 2015. I will hobble downstairs, open boxes of junk which I filled in the early part of this century, and be amazed at the prices the youngsters will offer! Rick Grunder - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RickBook@aol.com Subject: [LDS-Bookshelf] Book of Mormon at Christie's Date: 22 Mar 2002 15:14:42 EST Chris Coover at Christies sent me the following link showing an 1830 Book of Mormon coming up March 27. What a great copy! http://www.christies.com/index.asp?ACTION=LotDetail&ID=3886778 Rick Grunder - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Phil" Subject: RE: [LDS-Bookshelf] Book of Mormon at Christie's Date: 22 Mar 2002 16:49:37 -0800 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C1D1C1.8DC3D780 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Rick Thanks for the link! Can someone give more back ground information where it states: "Th Church catalogue notes that this first printing of the Mormon Bible forbade freemasonry and polygamy, but the latter doctrine was altered in subsequent editions so as to permit devotees a plurality of wives." If you were to take a guess, Rick, how much do you think this copy will sell for? Phil ww.mesg.tierranet.com -----Original Message----- [mailto:owner-lds-bookshelf@lists.xmission.com] On Behalf Of RickBook@aol.com Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 12:15 PM Chris Coover at Christies sent me the following link showing an 1830 Book of Mormon coming up March 27. What a great copy! http://www.christies.com/index.asp?ACTION=LotDetail&ID=3886778 Rick Grunder - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C1D1C1.8DC3D780 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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Thanks for the link!  Can someone give more back = ground information where it states:

 

“Th Church catalogue notes that this first printing = of the Mormon Bible forbade freemasonry and polygamy, but the latter doctrine = was altered in subsequent editions so as to permit devotees a plurality of = wives.”

 

If you were to take a guess, Rick, how much = do you think this copy will sell for?

 

Phil=

ww.mesg.tierranet.com

 

 

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Chris Coover at Christies sent me the = following link showing an 1830 Book of

Mormon coming up March 27.  What a great = copy!

 

http://www.christies.com/index.asp?ACTION=3DLo= tDetail&ID=3D3886778

 

Rick Grunder

 

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A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS RELATING TO . . . AMERICA FORMING A PART OF THE LIBRARY OF E. D. CHURCH. NY, 1907. (5 vols.) Heaven only knows why Christies' would quote that wild statement from it. In the thriving economy of a couple years ago, I presume this copy - if as nice inside as the two pictures suggest - would have brought $70-80,000. Money back then was so loose, however, that it might even have brought more - it was anyone's guess. Today, on the other hand, it is anyone's guess . All I would say (and this will fall on deaf ears), is not to take whatever price it fetches too seriously. Trends are what count, or rather, trends of responsible sales among sane, experienced buyers and sellers, or rather, such trends over a period of time, . . . , or, . . . or . . . Rick Grunder - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Marshall Hamilton Subject: [LDS-Bookshelf] Share a room at MHA? Date: 25 Mar 2002 13:40:06 -0800 I've been filling out my registration form for the MHA conference in Tucson in May. I've been to one MHA conference, about 10 years ago in Nauvoo, and I'll be traveling to this one by myself. I noticed that the hotel charges the same rate for single or double rooms, and I wondered if someone on this list might be interested in sharing a room to cut their lodging expenses in half. If you're interested, please email me offline and we can make the arrangements. I'm sure we'll be able to find lots of collectible LDS books at the conference. [Is this adequate to make this post on-topic?] Thanks. Marshall - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RickBook@aol.com Subject: [LDS-Bookshelf] 1830 Book of Mormon at Christie's Date: 30 Mar 2002 20:50:49 EST For those who enjoy watching the 1830 Book of Mormon as it ebbs and flows at auction, the copy at Christie's sold on Wednesday for $82,250 . . . Book of Mormon at Christie's http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/search/lotdetail.asp?intObjectID=3886778 Rick Grunder - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Keith Irwin" Subject: RE: [LDS-Bookshelf] 1830 Book of Mormon at Christie's Date: 30 Mar 2002 21:24:05 -0800 Absolutely astounding. I'd have guessed mid 50s. The winner could have checked your website and saved 20 grand. Keith -----Original Message----- [mailto:owner-lds-bookshelf@lists.xmission.com] On Behalf Of RickBook@aol.com Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 5:51 PM For those who enjoy watching the 1830 Book of Mormon as it ebbs and flows at auction, the copy at Christie's sold on Wednesday for $82,250 . . . Book of Mormon at Christie's http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/search/lotdetail.asp?intObjectID=3886 778 Rick Grunder - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Hugh J. McKell" Subject: RE: [LDS-Bookshelf] 1830 Book of Mormon at Christie's Date: 31 Mar 2002 13:26:12 -0700 At 09:24 PM 3/30/2002 -0800, you wrote: Very interesting as col klink or was is sarg. schultz would say. Is is before or after Christie's tacked on their 17.5 percent.......... The high bidder must have placed a great deal on the fact that this was the 'Streeter' copy. I don't know if I would have. hugh >Absolutely astounding. I'd have guessed mid 50s. > >The winner could have checked your website and saved 20 grand. > >Keith > >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-lds-bookshelf@lists.xmission.com >[mailto:owner-lds-bookshelf@lists.xmission.com] On Behalf Of >RickBook@aol.com >Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 5:51 PM >To: lds-bookshelf@lists.xmission.com >Subject: [LDS-Bookshelf] 1830 Book of Mormon at Christie's > > >For those who enjoy watching the 1830 Book of Mormon as it ebbs and >flows at >auction, the copy at Christie's sold on Wednesday for $82,250 . . . > >HREF="http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/search/lotdetail.asp?intObjectI >D=3886 > >778">Book of Mormon at Christie's >http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/search/lotdetail.asp?intObjectID=3886 >778 > > >Rick Grunder > >---------------------------------------------------------- >- LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books >- To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with >- "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. >- For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" > > > >---------------------------------------------------------- >- LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books >- To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with >- "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. >- For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" > > - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Keith Irwin" Subject: RE: [LDS-Bookshelf] 1830 Book of Mormon at Christie's Date: 31 Mar 2002 17:39:40 -0800 Even if it's the Streeter copy, is the association worth a $27K premium???? -----Original Message----- [mailto:owner-lds-bookshelf@lists.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Hugh J. McKell Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2002 12:26 PM At 09:24 PM 3/30/2002 -0800, you wrote: Very interesting as col klink or was is sarg. schultz would say. Is is before or after Christie's tacked on their 17.5 percent.......... The high bidder must have placed a great deal on the fact that this was the 'Streeter' copy. I don't know if I would have. hugh >Absolutely astounding. I'd have guessed mid 50s. > >The winner could have checked your website and saved 20 grand. > >Keith > >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-lds-bookshelf@lists.xmission.com >[mailto:owner-lds-bookshelf@lists.xmission.com] On Behalf Of >RickBook@aol.com >Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 5:51 PM >To: lds-bookshelf@lists.xmission.com >Subject: [LDS-Bookshelf] 1830 Book of Mormon at Christie's > > >For those who enjoy watching the 1830 Book of Mormon as it ebbs and >flows at >auction, the copy at Christie's sold on Wednesday for $82,250 . . . > >HREF="http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/search/lotdetail.asp?intObject I >D=3886 > >778">Book of Mormon at Christie's >http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/search/lotdetail.asp?intObjectID=388 6 >778 > > >Rick Grunder > >---------------------------------------------------------- >- LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books >- To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with >- "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. >- For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" > > > >---------------------------------------------------------- >- LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books >- To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with >- "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. >- For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" > > - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: RickBook@aol.com Subject: Re: [LDS-Bookshelf] 1830 Book of Mormon at Christie's Date: 31 Mar 2002 21:13:47 EST In a message dated 3/31/02 8:41:13 PM Eastern Standard Time, irwinkw@earthlink.net writes: << Even if it's the Streeter copy, is the association worth a $27K premium???? >> Association is nice, but not usually that nice! Let us remember, however, that this appears from the photographs to be a marvelous copy. Similarly fine copies were selling for all of $82,250 and more (I hear) in Utah a couple of years ago, though no such price ever came to me. - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Mick Reasor" Subject: RE: [LDS-Bookshelf] 1830 Book of Mormon at Christie's Date: 31 Mar 2002 23:04:18 -0600 Right era-wrong german, uncle hugh. Artie Johnson on Laugh-In. mr <<< hjmckell@xmission.com 3/31 2:43p >>> At 09:24 PM 3/30/2002 -0800, you wrote: Very interesting as col klink or was is sarg. schultz would say. Is is before or after Christie's tacked on their 17.5 percent.......... The high bidder must have placed a great deal on the fact that this was = the 'Streeter' copy. I don't know if I would have. hugh >Absolutely astounding. I'd have guessed mid 50s. =20 > >The winner could have checked your website and saved 20 grand. > >Keith > >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-lds-bookshelf@lists.xmission.com >[mailto:owner-lds-bookshelf@lists.xmission.com] On Behalf Of >RickBook@aol.com >Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 5:51 PM >To: lds-bookshelf@lists.xmission.com >Subject: [LDS-Bookshelf] 1830 Book of Mormon at Christie's > > >For those who enjoy watching the 1830 Book of Mormon as it ebbs and >flows at=20 >auction, the copy at Christie's sold on Wednesday for $82,250 . . . > >HREF=3D"http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/search/lotdetail.asp?intObjectI= >D=3D3886 > >778">Book of Mormon at Christie's >http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/search/lotdetail.asp?intObjectID=3D3886= >778 > > >Rick Grunder > >---------------------------------------------------------- >- LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books >- To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with >- "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. >- For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" > > > >---------------------------------------------------------- >- LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books >- To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with >- "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. >- For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" > > - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" =20 - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com"