Confessions of a Book Murder
Or How I Made a Killing Selling Vintage Paper on eBay
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Chuck McKibben
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By:
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Nick Vulich
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I’ve got a confession to make. I’m a book murderer. Only it’s not really murder. It just feels like it sometimes. I tear up old books and magazines, selling the individual parts for 10 to 20 times what I paid.
I’ve sold historical collectibles—books, magazine articles, and prints on eBay for 25 years. I can show you how to tap into eBay’s customer base to start your business.
It’s crazy, but people gobbled up my listings from day one. I can’t stop murdering old books because people want more and more. Over the last 25 years, I’ve sold 34,000 magazine articles, prints, advertisements, and newspapers at an average of $25 each.
If you follow my simple step-by-step process, you can become a successful eBay seller in less than seven days.
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 34
Nathan Raab, America’s preeminent rare documents dealer, delivers a “diverting account of treasure hunting in the fast lane” (The Wall Street Journal) that recounts his years as the Sherlock Holmes of historical artifacts, questing after precious finds and determining their authenticity.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I wished it was longer
- By NANAS on 04-15-20
By: Nathan Raab, and others
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The Map Thief
- The Gripping Story of an Esteemed Rare-Map Dealer Who Made Millions Stealing Priceless Maps
- By: Michael Blanding
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 705
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 619
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Story4 out of 5 stars 624
Maps have long exerted a special fascination on viewers - both as beautiful works of art and as practical tools to navigate the world. But to those who collect them, the map trade can be a cutthroat business, inhabited by quirky and sometimes disreputable characters in search of a finite number of extremely rare objects.
Once considered a respectable antiquarian map dealer, E. Forbes Smiley spent years doubling as a map thief - until he was finally arrested slipping maps out of books in the Yale University library.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Study of the Strangeness of People
- By Carole T. on 12-10-14
By: Michael Blanding
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Downsizing the Family Home
- What to Save, What to Let Go
- By: Marni Jameson
- Narrated by: Joyce Bean, Fred Stella
- Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 45
It's a rite of passage almost no one will escape: the difficult, emotional journey of downsizing your or your aging parents' home. Here, nationally syndicated home columnist Marni Jameson sensitively guides listeners through the process, from opening that first closet, to sorting through a lifetime's worth of possessions, to selling the homestead itself.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Disappointed
- By Steve BOWMAN on 10-06-17
By: Marni Jameson