Working Books

A week until my next book sale, I'm processing new books which I've been acquiring with regularity and going back through boxes that I own but haven't looked at in up to 6 or 7 years. Looking through old boxes is always interesting, a combination of "why in the world did I ever buy that" and "Wow, look at this". And, of course, I have to check most of them again on the internet because values always change. One book that someone could have bought from me a few years ago for $8 is now worth over $150.
A combination of limited availability and high demand. To the right are a few more new books I'll have at this sale. The 500 Tables book is one of those Lark books featuring the work of artist/craftsmen from all over the world. I have several from this series in my own personal collection of jewelry books, including 1000 Rings & 500 Earrings. The diversity of design ideas portrayed is quite astonishing. The Wegman book of Puppies is almost too cute to look at. Paper Yachts is for the origami enthusiast who wants to make practical things. Paper yachts are practical, right?

More New Books

Here are three more books that have just been processed and will be at my next book sale on June 23rd. The Whole Hog book is a treasure of info about the oink oink guys & gals. Factual, myths, lots of pictures, history of human/pig relationship.
The center book, Fruits features a couple of hundred full page color images of Japanese teenagers in an amazing array of regalia, much of which they have made themselves. I read somewhere that many high profile fashion companies keep observers on the ground in cities in Japan to capture ideas from the innovative teenagers there. Many of the ideas end up at fashion shows and in stores across the country. And the fnal book, practical ideas on how to turn driftwood into furniture pieces for use or sale. I'll be posting new books a couple more times before my sale.

Next Bookster Book Sale in June

I'm busy going through books and processing them, which means checking to see if they have more than ordinary value on the internet and cleaning them and repairing any little flaws that they might have, getting them ready for their new homes. Currently I'm going through 20 to 40 books a day. My next book sale will be at the Caspar Community Center on Sunday, June 23rd, during and after the monthly fund raising breakfast there. I'll post the menu when I get a copy of it but it's always a very delicious array of food. The three books pictured above are ones that just passed though my processing hands and will soon go into boxes getting ready for the sale. I have several other books on silk painting that I just acquired also. I'll be posting more pictures of new books that I find interesting as I go along.

Books Books Books

Next week I'll start loading books into my van and taking some to the Caspar Community Center preparing for Sunday's breakfast and my book sale on the 28th of April. It's been a couple of months since I've done this. I did a sale in January and had planned to do one in February but my back was hurting, I guess I'm getting old. In March we were in Arizona, selling our mixed metal jewels at the Scottsdale Arts Festival and enjoying visiting indian ruins and relaxing in the Verde Valley area north of Phoenix. It was great to enjoy the warm sunshine for a couple of weeks. Of course I harvested books all along my trail coming and going. The most productive new place I found to acquire books this trip was the friends of the library store at the library in Prescott, Arizona which turned out to be a treasure trove of interesting books at reasonable prices and very well organized. I have harvested at Prescott thrift stores a number of times but this was my first time at their library, hopefully not the last.

I'm fairly amazed to have sold a CD on Amazon recently for $80. It was one from an album originally released in the early 70's called "From Delaney to Bonnie" recorded by Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett. It was one of a collection of 300 CD's I acquired last year for 75 cents a piece. I've only recently started checking CD's on the internet, and I find that most are available for $2 to $6 but every once in a while I find one that is worth $20, $40, $50 and, in this case $80. The down side of this is, of course, that I have to end up checking each and every one. It's a lot easier with the internet to check this and also the value of books. Before digital days it was a long and laborious process to find out how much books were worth. Now it's a matter of seconds usually.

It's interesting the rituals that life leads one into. It's a fun game though, looking for treasure.

First Book Sale of 2013

My plan is to fill a room with books at the January 27th Caspar Community Center Breakfast. It's been 4 months since my last one and I guess I'm ready again if this aging body holds up. Can't believe I'll be 70 years old the day after the booksale. Where did the time go? I have a lot of new books I've acquired here and there and will also have about 100 new CD's, rock, folk, jazz and a lot of blues. I hope you can drop by and say hi.

It will be a great breakfast menu this time:

Winter vegetable hash, served with two organic over easy eggs and choice of bread (GF available)  $12

Spinach and cheese strata served with Noyo Hill Farms potatoes and braised greens $12

Breakfast tapioca with apple and  dried apricot compote  (GF)  $7

Broccoli and mushroom quiche served with potatoes (vegan and GF)  $10

House-made pork sausage patties $4

Baked pumpkin spice donut  $2.00

Organic cider, Thanksgiving coffee & teas