Author Topic: Little Golden Books Can Bring Big Bucks!  (Read 1545 times)

talesofthesevenseas

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Little Golden Books Can Bring Big Bucks!
« on: April 16, 2012, 12:56:41 pm »
Check your book shelves folks, it looks like 1942 first editions of those Little Golden Books we all grew up with can sell for over $100! Keep an eye out for these at garage sales.

http://www.abebooks.com/books/childrens-poky-puppy-margaret-wise-brown/little-golden-books.shtml?cm_mmc=nl-_-nl-_-C120416-h00-goldenAM-341424GP-_-01cta&abersp=1
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Re: Little Golden Books Can Bring Big Bucks!
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2012, 01:04:05 pm »
Off the top of my head I know I have old copies of the Pokey Little Puppy, the Animals of Farmer Jones and the Saggy Baggy Elephant. I will have to check the publication dates. I got all of these in a huge bag of books at a garage sale when my son was little in the late 1980's. They came from a preschool that had closed and there are quite a few that date to the 1940's, so I'll see if I have any good ones.
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Re: Little Golden Books Can Bring Big Bucks!
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2012, 02:07:59 pm »
I have a lot of the books, but not the 1940's. I was born in 1960. I have already looked, lol I was wondering should I check my Sesame Street books?
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Re: Little Golden Books Can Bring Big Bucks!
« Reply #3 on: April 17, 2012, 10:32:37 am »
I will sure keep my eyes open !!

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Re: Little Golden Books Can Bring Big Bucks!
« Reply #4 on: April 17, 2012, 06:12:42 pm »
I am not surprised at the value because the survival rate must have been low. They were not very strong and read over and over.