posted on May 13, 2001 03:16:54 PM new
A friend has asked me to sell her grandmother's recipies ~ all from the 1930's ~ there are loads of booklets from Jello, deviled ham, Betty Crocket etc, several cookbooks, a restaurant menu, a self compiled recipe book that is falling apart, home extention booklets, recipes cut from newspapers, some advertisements, 2 old magazines ~ although some things are not dated, all the things that are dated ~ have 1930's dates.
I am just so out of my league this this stuff.......any advice, comments and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
posted on May 13, 2001 03:31:35 PM new
Jello receipes are very collectible. Search ebay and see if any of them are on there. Also do you have a Barnes and Noble near you?
If you do plan an afternoon where you can go their enjoy the surroundings and read there collectible books. They have lounges throughout their store and I think they all have a Starbucks. There is one for receipe books and booklets. Or another idea just put them on and list them, start the auction at what you think and I am sure if they are collectible people will bid them up.
posted on May 13, 2001 04:24:37 PM new
I haven't sold bunches of that type of thing but it's been my experience that by what I have sold that they do fairly well. I, too, don't know about 'values' so just listed them at what I thought was a fair price. Most generally they went higher than the opening bid--some by quite a bit.
One type that's really popular and does bring very good money is old canning books. You can't get those old recipes any more (in the new books) and people pay good money for them.
posted on May 13, 2001 05:38:09 PM new
Yahoo! right up my alley!
I'm glad to help out......
I sell a lot of cookbooks, many types are collectable, spiral bound, both commercially printed and 'homemade' jobbies by a school or dentist's office, or begonia club.... sky's kinda the limit! Describe them exhaustively, but enthusiastically;
"A darling spiral cookbook, "Happy Widget Pre-school" a very-hard-to-find title! Plastic comb-type binding is in good condition, the very bottom little 'comb piece' is missing, see my scan. Approx 4 1/4 X 6", pages are unnumbered, but I believe there are 62, counting both sides. Undated but referances inside point to the late 1960's. Clever artwork throughout, credited to Doris XXXXX, one of the treachers at the school. This book has had only light use, a few small foodstains, a couple dogears, no writing.
I especially enjoyed the referances to the regional cooking of Florida, the address of the school is given as in St. Petersburg.
All of the recipes in this little gem are written out in longhand, then mimeographed, extra cute! (and some lovely handwriting!) Here are a few fun selections;
* M & M Pudding Cake
* Sweet Potato Meringue Pie
* Creole Fried Chicken
* Mom's Best Collards
* Old-Time Succotash
* Coka Cola Chocolate Cake
* Crispy Cornsticks
Please see my auctions for other fun and unique items from this estate collection I purchased, I will combine purchases to save you a lot on shipping."
Whew! You get the idea!
Also..... a couple of times I've collected enough loose items to simply sell as a "Cooking Grab Bag", clippings, booklets with zero appeal, loose pages, sections torn from magazines, etc. I'll save up at least 2lbs, put it in a 1 gal zip-lock. I'll throw in a mass market paperback cookbook if I see the title constantly and am POSITIVE it's not scarce. Spread it on the scanner and throw a jumbled pic on, assuring them there is lots more and although none is an expensive item, there are some cute items and fun stuff in there. Be sure to downplay it, don't want the impression that it is rare or vintage stuff.
I just reread your post.... you may have some real sweet little items! (besides the debris!) OLD appliance manuals do good, like "Welcome To the World of Coldspot!" especially if there is great artwork. Got to be seriously old, in my opinion, not 1980, "How to Use Your New Kenmore Range".
Personally, I like to start high, just my way. I start everything at $8.00 and up, depending on appeal. If it appeals to me, and will make a cute scan, zipppp! price goes up.
Mom (used to collect cooking clippings, too. No more! Never used 'em!)
posted on May 13, 2001 06:57:17 PM new
Thank all of you for helping me........you have really been a big help......I will report back to you and let you know how I did.
