Book Prices in Mastro Auction

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Barry

I agree with the point that the book presentation makes the lots attractive.

The closed book lots are no longer up on the auction, so I can't be sure what was in each.

There were some titles that would be attractive, such as the Cash Messner if in very nice shape.

The first lot would have been quite intertesting in some of the original dust jackets had been present (McGraw, Thirty Years, Evers, etc). I'm not sure how much a Branch Rickey signature on American in Action adds to the lot.

If I recall the second lot correctly, the only hard to find book was the Moe Berg biography by his sister, which is hard to find in nice shape as it's perfect bound. However, that book wouldn't send me into a bidding frenzy like Busting Em in dj.

It reminds me how I am consistently amazed at how few booksellers put scans of their books on the used book sites such as ABE. I looked again today and put in for a book (offered in Legendary) that didn't have a scan, but the description of which was similar to one of the Legendary titles, albeit at a lower sale price (not Busting em, alas). I guess I'll see whether it was a bargain when the book arrives.

Since the closed book lots aren't up, does anyone know what Harris's Playing the Game (Grosset) sold for? (not the book I bought)



Max