Star Trek books 1972 onwards

[Kevin scollick]

i am raising money for Sheffield children's hospital. I have a job lot of books. 1972 Star Trek annual. A few corgi books and the James blush books 1-11 I believe.

then there is the Star Trek books - an archive box of them - not all numbers but most of them from one to the 90s. then a big box of next generation, and voyager books.

There are pop up books, the enterprise manual and odd sets of Star Trek books 1 of 4, 3 of 3 etc which are complete. There is a whole box of Star Trek books which are like autobiographies and behind the scenes etc, the making of Star Trek, complete guides etc.

I estimate we are talking 600 odd books. It was everything a Trekkie donator gave to us that he could get his hands on.mHe tells me there may be more.

this is in our shop in Chesterfield Derbyshire. Does anyone want them or I am taking them to auction. 100% of the sale will go to Sheffield children's hospital. One book is a collectors book - I think it's called the lost book for 30 years... I really need some Trekkie help.

 

[Bibliomike]

Hi, Kevin - If you're raising money, and the books are still in nice shape, especially the older ones, I would recommend putting them up for auction at eBay. It may mean more work cataloguing and photographing the individual titles, but fans haunt sites like that looking to fill in gaps in their collection or looking for hard-to-find volumes (and it sounds like some of these are). I think fans who are invested in the material will pay you more than a used bookstore or an auction house would. Good luck!

 

[publiusr]

You know--the kids at that hospital might actually want to read them...

 

[Bibliomike]

You know--the kids at that hospital might actually want to read them...

He's got a good point.

 

[vegaslover62]

Few people think about where the value comes from in their collection. People seem to always think it's age that makes their collection valuable, but in reality, as far as books are concerned, it's rarity. And frankly, Star Trek books are not rare at all. Maybe if you have excellent-condition first editions, but the value of Star Trek books never comes from their age.

 

[Johnny7oak]

Few people think about where the value comes from in their collection. People seem to always think it's age that makes their collection valuable, but in reality, as far as books are concerned, it's rarity. And frankly, Star Trek books are not rare at all. Maybe if you have excellent-condition first editions, but the value of Star Trek books never comes from their age.

With 50 years of Trek, maybe? I have some of James Blish... Some were from resale shops where People donate too... I think Ebay might be the right way to go with the aniversery.. also, I think there are book fairs that might want them. You might be able to contact an official and they would buy them for their show. or link you to venders.

 

[Christopher]

Few people think about where the value comes from in their collection. People seem to always think it's age that makes their collection valuable, but in reality, as far as books are concerned, it's rarity. And frankly, Star Trek books are not rare at all.

Yeah. Even used-book stores are reluctant to take them, since they tend to be glutted with them already.

 

[Bibliomike]

I've been fortunate in that my used book store is always starving for TOS Trek novels, and eagerly take them. Usually they only have TNG titles, with the occasional "anything but TNG but not TOS."

 

[vegaslover62]

If there's anything I have noticed, it's that everybody who has the collector's bug thinks that their collection is valuable. Yes, it has value to you, because of your fandom or sentimentality, but the average collector also thinks that will translate to big bucks if they want or need to sell it. The assumption of the average collector always says that age equals big value. I'm here to tell you it's not. I own a coin that was used in ancient Egypt. You can't get older than that. It's value is and always will be $100. Why is that? It's around three millennia old. You'd think that it would be worth hellabucks. It's because they're not rare. If you're a collector, do yourself a favor and research precisely what makes your collection valuable. You'd be surprised at the results, especially if it's actually not even valuable to buyers at all.