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Ok... since ..I won't go into it but I had to give some people some money which leaves me with very little to live on... I have 1st edition copies of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.... should I sell them? I mean... I love them but... they're just books... right? And I can buy new copies of them....... but I so don't want to. Anyone know what they're worth?
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no idea wot theyr worth.....but uve answered ur own question - "I can buy new copies of them....... but I so don't want to" - trust ur instincts 4 a bit.......if u get seriously short of cash u can always sell them at a later date right ?xx
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First Edition Philosophers Stone is worth the most. You will want to talk to someone at Sotheby's or Frazer's in London, these are auctioneers that will definatley be able to help you. They WILL be worth something if they are not already but I would definatley keep onto them a little bit longer before you go selling. I worked in the autograph/memorabilia business for 5 years - still do a few jobs from friends in the buisiness now.
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Ooops hit add reply to early - Used to see alot of first edition books and know that HP and Bond are probably worth the most although I can't tell you what specifically.
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going for $5.00 us and up on ebay. highest bid i saw was 31.00 for a deluxe 1st ed
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ugh was hoping they'd be worth more than that... maybe ebay just isn't the right place to sell them... I don't have a first ed. Philosophers Stone. I kind of need the money ASAP cause I know that it won't be instant. The only other thing I have worth anything really is my laptop.
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dont sell ur laptop - sell the books if u have 2. is there no other way - any1 u can borrow money from 4 a while ?xx
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My parents would absolutely kill me if I asked to borrow money... I should have enough. My sister... doesn't really have that much money herself. I'm not sure I could ask anyone else...
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is the money just 2 live on ? sorry i know thats a personal question n u dont absolutely have 2 answer, bt maybe if u explained the situation 2 ur parents ?xx
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If you really want to seel them you could go to Alibris and type in a search for the booksyou'll get a list of used book dealers and what they're currently seeling those editons for. That would give you some idea what they're worth. I have a feeling that unless you have the original, limited edition of the very first book, they won't be worth that much simply because the editions were so huge.
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Yeah I need this money to live on... I really can't explain it to my parents its all my fault. I looked on Alibris but couldn't find any with the cover I've got but most of those seemed to be going for 100 or so but it went all the way up to 3000... BUT they were the US cover versions... I don't know if its around the same for UK versions. Not sure this is going to work... might have to sell dvds/cds instead.
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I know that many times the Brit and US editions of books have different covers, and sometimes even different titles.
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dvds/cds might be better....
thinking of u though, having 2 sell ur stuff xx
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