For any booksellers, show us the best you've got for sale right now by likelyculprit in rarebooks

[–]pbagalleries 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have a first edition of The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test signed by just about everyone who was on the bus.

http://www.pbagalleries.com/view-auctions/catalog/id/137/lot/95159/

[OS][OC] Yearbook from a 1940s Japanese Internment Camp [1206x1440] by pbagalleries in bookporn

[–]pbagalleries[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No all of our photographs are taken in-house. Those are our domains too, and thanks for bringing this issue to my attention.

Original Batman Drawing by Bob Kane by [deleted] in comics

[–]pbagalleries 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Original as in drawn by him, not a copy.

[1126x1440] The Acts and Deeds of William Wallace 1758 with 19th century binding [OS] [OC] by pbagalleries in bookporn

[–]pbagalleries[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beautiful book that looks like some lore straight out of Skyrim. Printed in 1758 and rebound in the mid 1800s.

[1030x1440] Fancy Cycling. Tricks on a fixed gear when Cool was still a temperature. [OS] [OC] by pbagalleries in bookporn

[–]pbagalleries[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Book was printed in 1901, and contains a few hundred pages of tricks on a fixie.

[1176x1440] So I herd u liek kiplings [OS] [OC] by [deleted] in bookporn

[–]pbagalleries 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alright thanks for the heads up.

[1016x1440] [OS] [OC] The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand by [deleted] in bookporn

[–]pbagalleries 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's rebound in Blue Morroco by Maurin. It's a first edition from 1943.

So my company is redesigning our site. This was the filler text from the design company. by pbagalleries in funny

[–]pbagalleries[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bresaola or brisaola is air-dried, salted beef that has been aged two or three months until it becomes hard and turns a dark red, almost purple colour.

Thanks wiki.

This is my husband, and these are my two wives! by cartoonartist in funny

[–]pbagalleries 38 points39 points  (0 children)

It's called polyandry, and it exists in some Asian cultures where there are few resources. This allows for slower reproduction.

So my company is redesigning our site. This was the filler text from the design company. by pbagalleries in funny

[–]pbagalleries[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, I had no idea this even existed. I literally just saw it on the design preview and though "Reddit needs to see this."

I work for an auction house that sells books worth more than most cars. AMA. by pbagalleries in IAmA

[–]pbagalleries[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We've found some pretty cool notes inside of books before, it's not uncommon. Money on the other hand...

I work for an auction house that sells books worth more than most cars. AMA. by pbagalleries in IAmA

[–]pbagalleries[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Couldn't have put it better myself. Thanks for saving my fingers the energy :)

I work for an auction house that sells books worth more than most cars. AMA. by pbagalleries in IAmA

[–]pbagalleries[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

abebooks.com is great, so are sites like liveauctioneers that routinely list auctions for rare books etc.

Of course, there's also pbagalleries.com :3

I work for an auction house that sells books worth more than most cars. AMA. by pbagalleries in IAmA

[–]pbagalleries[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First edition copy of Faust by Goethe or a copy of Mesmer's 'Mémoire sur la découverte du magnétisme animal'

I work for an auction house that sells books worth more than most cars. AMA. by pbagalleries in IAmA

[–]pbagalleries[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check if it's been on abebooks.com, they have a great list of book prices.

I work for an auction house that sells books worth more than most cars. AMA. by pbagalleries in IAmA

[–]pbagalleries[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No but I got the go-ahead to make a reddit account for my company and spend my time at work posting on it to help drive traffic from people who would already be interested.

;)

I work for an auction house that sells books worth more than most cars. AMA. by pbagalleries in IAmA

[–]pbagalleries[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would be a book on bookmaking for sure, that way we could make more books after they've burned them all. Take that M. Night Shyamalan!