by Pamela Palmer

#145, 28 June 2010

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Which fiction and non-fiction books are winners on eBay? Each month this series answers the question and, along the way, looks at the listing strategies sellers use to bring in big bucks. To learn more about what's in and what's out of the lists, read our Top 10 on eBay Parameters.

NOTE: Items numbers are now included in this article. They are in the individual auction comments section below the author and title. Click the links to see the listings.

In May, eBay's highest book sales trended downward as schools ended and summer neared. Fiction topped out at $1,802.77, passed by the #1 non-fiction at $3,000. Two Arkham house publications from the 1940s were sold by the same author and at the same price. In non-fiction, relative newcomers with feedback of 4, 24, and 44 scored big. Two copies of the ever popular Margin of Safety were sold. One went for $3000 and the other for $1000.

eBay
Fiction Top 10
May 2010

#1 $1,802.77 Signed THE STAND by Stephen King Limited Coffin Edition
#2 $1,325.01 Planescape Sketchbook TSR 1994 Knutson Conceptual AD&D
#3 tie $1,249.95 MARGINALIA H P LOVECRAFT ARKHAM 1ST ED HC DJ 1944
#3 tie $1,249.95 HOUNDS OF TINDALOS SIGNED BY FRANK LONG ARKHAM 1946 1ST
#5 tie $1,200.00 Easton Press Belgariad all with David Eddings signature
#5 tie $1,200.00 NEW MOON STEPHENIE MEYER SIGNED 1ST first twilight !!
#7 $1,025.00 Agatha Christie Murder on the Orient Express HC 1st UK
#8 $999.99 Cormac McCarthy BLOOD MERIDIAN *FIRST EDITION* HARDBACK
#9 $850.00 tie Child Christopher and Goldilind 1895 2 vol rare x box
#9 $850.00 tie THE LAST BATTLE C.S. LEWIS SIGNED

#1
The Stand
Stephen King
120563092887

Listed in like new condition, the 1990 signed limited edition is #1230 of 1250 and sold after 13 bids.

#2
The Planescape Sketchbook
Dana M. Knutson
200471968030

The 1994 like new copy sold for $1,325.01 after 16 bids.

#3 tie
Marginalia
H.P. Lovecraft
150440267893

Arkham House published 2035 copies in 1944. Listed for $1,249.95, it sold as a BIN.

#3 tie
Hounds of Tindalos
Frank Long
150442327340

Another Arkham publications, this one from 1946, sold for $1,295.95 sold as a BIN.

#5 tie
New Moon
Stephenie Meyer
120551973171

The signed 1st edition in like new condition sold as a Best Offer.

#5 tie
The Belgariad
Pawn of Prophecy
Queen of Sorcery
Magician's Gambit
Castle of Wizardry
Enchanters' Endgame
David Eddings
160385781340

The 5-vol. Easton Press set was signed in each volume by the author. Listed in brand new condition, it sold as a BIN.

#7
Murder on the Orient Express
Agatha Christie
280507529242

22 bids took the good condition 1934 hardcoveer to $1,025.00.

#8
Blood Meridian
Cormac McCarthy
370385247126

Thee 1st edition in like new edition sold on a single bid of $999.99.

#9 tie
Child Christopher
Goldilind the Fair
William Morris
120567010508

Published by Morris' Kelmscott Press in 1895, this 2-volume set in a box is among the 600 printed. Listed in new fine condition, it sold as a Best Offer.

#9 tie
The Last Battle
C.S. Lewis
280502229635

Listed by a Canadian seller, the 1956 signed first edition "came from the Arthur C Clarke estate in Sri Lanka." It sold as a Best Offer.

 

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