Book Sales coming up in November and January

My obsession with books is still running but not as intensely as at certain times in my life. As I approach being 80 years old in a couple of years I am trying to eliminate stuff from my life so others don't have to deal with it when I am no longer here. My current rule relative to books is that for every book I acquire, I have to get rid of 4. That 2nd number will probably increase as time goes by. I've donated over 50 boxes of books to the Ft. Bragg library  and local thrift stores this year but the stack I have left is still pretty big. I'm keeping what I consider to be the best and most interesting for the sales I have coming up in November and January at the Caspar Community Center, more details about those later on. And of course I'm keeping ones that are worth $30 and up to list on the internet. The most expensive one I've sold there so far was for $400. Looking for those books is akin to panning for gold, looking for treasure, a hard habit to break.

Another Book Sale in January

I really enjoyed doing the book sale at the Caspar breakfast on the Sunday after Thanksgiving in November, it felt like coming home in a lot of ways. A lot of my book customers and friends welcomed me back and bought lots of books. We also set up our display of mixed metal jewels and did quite well also. Before the sale I had a dollar number in mind of what I would like to make but thought it was reaching a little too much, at the end of the sale we had actually made twice that much money. Wow!

I plan to do it again in January, at the Caspar Community Center breakfast on the 27th, from 9am to 2pm. Hopefully my back, which I sometimes have problems with will let me do it. I will have a totally different selection of quality books this time, I plan to bring around 25 boxes. Annie Lee will also share the space of the north room with me with her fascinating selection of Guatemalan treasures. Hope to see you.