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eBay
Non-Fiction Top 10
May 2009

#1 $5,000.00 BLINDS & SHUTTERS SIGNED BEATLES ROLLING STONES BOOK HC
#2 $4,000.00 I Me Mine by George Harrison, Genesis Publications
#3 $2,700.00 The White House SIGNED by Bill & Hillary Clinton
#4 $2,499.00 SIGNED Jean-Michel Basquiat: Drawings 1985 ltd 1000
#5 $1,300.00 LENI RIEFENSTAHL - SHÖNHEIT IM OLYMPISCHEN KAMPF 1937
#6 $912.00 Lizards of Taiwan - Lin & Cheng 1990
#7 $900.00 GREATEST SERIAL KILLERS BOOK
#8 $800.00 SIGNED Masao Yamamoto Omizuao (Pillow Book) LTD w/print
#19 $750.00 THE WRITGHT BROTHERS: **Signed by Orville Wright***
#10 $700.00 Margin of Safety by Seth A. Klarman

#1
Blinds & Shutters
Michael Cooper
310137515394

The 1990 Genesis publication is #825 of the 5000 limited edition and was signed by Bill Wyman and 12 other contributors. The listing ended with a BIN by a buyer with 0 feedback. Over a month later, the novice buyer still has no feedback.

#2
I Me Mine
George Harrison
140318263222

Another Genesis publication sold as a BIN. The seller, who had sold 6 other copies, called this "the only green copy I have ever seen." It was stored unread in the original box that was placed in a climate controlled room.

#3
The White House
The History of an American Idea

William Seale
390047758848

Signed by both Bill and Hillary Clinton and given as a presentation copy to Robert A. Levin, this is #117 or 152. It sold as a BIN.

#4
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Drawings

Jean Michel Basquiat
200319721276

The signed limited edition copy is 1 of 1000. It is described as "near fine in near fine dust jacket." It sold as a BIN.

#5
Schönheit im Olympischen Kampf 1937
Leni Riefenstahl
310131913769

Riefenstahl's Nazi classic sold as a BO. Housed in the "original shipping carton," the volume formerly belonged to Arthur Holz, a German athlete. It was described as fine+ in a near fine+ dust jacket.

#6
Lizards of Taiwan
J.-Y. Lin and H.-Y. Cheng
110383268771

Published by Taiwan Museum Press, this volume is in Chinese. The auction received 32 bids.

#7
The World's Greatest Serial Killers
Nigel Cawthorne
180354783150

Hmmmm. The Australian seller listed this book with a minimalist description - KILLERS BOOK, leaving us to wonder. Why would a book that sells for 2 cents on Amazon attracted a $900 BIN?

#8
Ómizuao [pillow book]
Masao Yamamoto
200334011858

The 2003 "accordian fold book bound between wood boards [and] housed in matching custom made wood box," sold as a BO. It is 14' wide when fully opened and in fine condition.

#9
The Wright Brothers
Fred C. Kelly
350197762604

After mangling the listing title, "Writght Brothers," the seller got the rest right. Signed by Orville Wright on the title page, the 1943 biography was described as "very good or better, in good dust jacket. It sold as a BIN.

#10
Margin of Safety
Seth A. Klarman
320366145240

Sold as a Best Offer, this copy was still unopened and still "factory sealed in plastic."

By the Numbers

18 sellers were from the USA
1 sellers was from the UK
1 seller was from Australia
2 sellers each sold 2 books 13 books were published during or after 1950
7 were published before 1950
10 sold as BIN
6 sold as BO
1 to 60 was the range of bids
Seller feedback ranged from 87 to 4659
18 books were sold by sellers with 100% positive feedback
Feedback percentage ranged from 98.1% to 100% for sellers who had feedback
The oldest book was published in 1884-85.

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