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Back five decades ago when I was new in the field, a lot of people would walk in off the street and ask about "blue chip maps," maps they could buy now cheaply and resell later. They usually also asked about books. When it was explained that not just age and scarcity set prices, but condition and demand as well, they usually went away and asked someone else. With books, often when an auction record or an asked price by a dealer was found, they seemed disappointed as it wasn't what they had hoped it would be for a book they had. The saddest of the lot were those who had a run of NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC and wanted to know its worth. JBP
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