very large National Geographic collection

[david francisco]

Have all but 6 or 7 from 1900 to 2007 and a few pre 1900 in good or excellant conditions....located near Toledo, Ohio.....entertaining all serious offers

[Scott T. Shier]

Hey David,

If possible, might you want to post a few photos of what you have (on this site) in your user page, so that people could see it.

- Scott T. Shier
Michigan

p.s. welcome to the site!

[Kurt]

Hi David,
Will you allow "picking"? I may be interested in your earlier issues. I am in the Cleveland area.
Regards
Kurt

[david francisco]

if i don't get any complete offers that are acceptable in the next couple of weeks...sure....let me know what you want and what your offer is...thanks

[Dale]

I have no idea what price range your looking at - can you give us some clue?

[david francisco]

best offer in the next couple of weeks...some people want to pick the early issues but no offers for the works yet...make me an offer..

[John Mahoney]

David
could you briefly list the individual copies for sale 1888-1904 and condition. Its impossible to make an offer without additional information.
Regards,
John Mahoney

[david francisco]

understand will do...

[Dale]

David, you must be aware that the 1888-1904 part of the collection is worth many more times than the rest of the 1905-2007 collection. I am sure that myself and others would want to make you an offer, but a public auction via this website is not really appropriate and could undermine the very basis of information sharing and openness upon which this website was established. May I suggest that you post an email address by which individuals can make a 'bid' for all or the relevant parts of your collection directly to you. You could run it as an auction in which you respond to each bidder with a deadline and regular updates on the current top bid, or preferably, as a tender process in which we can make a bid by some specified end date and you take the highest bid. Alternatively, you could put it up on eBay - but you'll have to do an enormous amount of work to get it ready as very detailed condition reports and photos are generally required.

[david francisco]

Just want to get all of these thing out of my house....understand that i will need to gather some information ...may be a couple of days before i can get to it....my email is [e-mail] thanks for the input

[Scott T. Shier]

David -

Heh heh, well we are "all" going to give you advice and input!!!

Dale is correct in everything he said. I just wanted to take a moment (for your behalf) to expand upon that a little.

[{Also, we would need to know if your earliest issues are the "originals" or the 1964 (or 1922) Reprints issued. Are these years bound, individual issues, or combination of both? }

So, do not discount the 1905-1915 time bracket either. In the recent past, those too are becomming more scarce, especially if in very good condition +

In terms of gathering detailed "condition" info. and photos - do focus on the pre-1920's, and then you can be more brief on the rest (give a broad overview). NOTE: the "spines" are a very important detail to collectors, they do like them nice : )

- Scott S.

[david francisco]

thanks

[david francisco]

look at all boxes ...found one with over 100, 1909 to 1920...couple large bound ones....andnov 1905, oct 1905,and a feb 1896...05's seem in very good condition 1896 look rouger to me...hope this helps...