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Quote:Conder, I hate to pick nits but it's actually " Red Book" (two words), printed on the cover: I have to agree with you on this one.  But a point of clarification to all, it is the Red Book, not the Redbook (which is a women's magazine). |
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Golden Nickel, do not feel bad, I had the same exact issue that you have now. And then when I came here I have learned everything that I wanted to learn and day by day I learn more and more so do not worry :)
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also dont buy the "Bluebook" (yes it exists) thats like a sears christmas catalog
Retired USAF 1983-2003
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I'm assuming there's not but just in case I thought I'd ask Quote:
They say asking a stupid question makes you ignorant for just a moment, not asking the question makes you ignorant for a lifetime.
is there any content difference between the spiral bound Red Book and the hardback? or is the only difference that one is spiral bound and the other is hardback? |
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I think they are the same. There is also the large print edition which I, unfortunately, may have to buy when I get my next one. There is also a professional edition. I know it has additional material but I have never seen one so I can't comment on its value.
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I have the large print one--I love it
Retired USAF 1983-2003
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Bedrock of the Community
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Great Googly Moogly. $100?!
I used to collect stamps as a kid and I had a book or two but I don't recall the book costing any more than a sheet of stamps at that time.
Wow. I honestly haven't paid attention to the stamp hobby in 30 years - how's the market? Did it take a hit like everything else collectible in the last 10 years? I assume it did. Makes my set of state birds/flowers from the 80's even less valuable. Booo.....
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Wow. I honestly haven't paid attention to the stamp hobby in 30 years - how's the market? Did it take a hit like everything else collectible in the last 10 years? its pretty rough--Ive been trying to sell stuff and if you get 10 percent of what its worth--your lucky Retired USAF 1983-2003
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07/14/2012 09:21 am
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Stamp collecting has really gone downhill, with the advent of e-mail, less people are handling stamps, and thus less youth become interested in stamp collecting  |
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Lousy value makes for some bargains. Prices are like Red Book prices. You generally just apply a percentage (albeit a lower one than for Red Book). Most 19th Century you can pick up for 20-25% of List. After 1930 or so you can get almost everything for LESS than FACE VALUE. Huge runs of mint stamps for 85 cents on the dollar. I bought a boat load and cherry picked the nice ones for my collection. Sold the rest to my business to use as postage. You can even get rolls of modern forever stamps for 95 cents on the dollar! All of that will always be good for postage. I'm down to 3 items I will probably have to go to an auction to get, and they aren't available very often. So I'm over here working on my coin collection! |
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I wonder if about a zillion people say RedBook as one word.  Odd that that came up. I never thought of if it was one word or two. Quote:But a point of clarification to all, it is the Red Book, not the RedBook (which is a women's magazine). And too, it is all capitals on the cover, Red Book.  I always suggest that people go to the Whitman web site and request a catalog. It is about 90 pages long and even the catalog if full of informaion. Such as they make all kinds of items for coin collecting. Naturally, their prices in the catalog are excessive since they are basically an organization that sells to dealers in bulk quantity. Edited by just carl
07/15/2012 10:40 am
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Look and learn. Find out what attracts your eye (Purty coins works great for me). Invest in cheaper coins, and find out why they are cheaper coins. I watch for coins and currency as I go through life, finding change in many places. Keep an eye out for anything unusual in circulation. Get into metal detecting, roll hunting, or raiding the penny dishes at Hadji marts late at night. It's a good hobby and should be fun. Most significant others don't understand fun, thus there are support groups called 'coin clubs'.
Also, keep an eye out for US commemoratives for me!
Good luck!
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