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@rjlaxvespa1742 17 сағат бұрын
You need to have shipping templates... based on weight, & additional fees charged... guessing is stupid...
@bitscollins 5 күн бұрын
Bleach is not good to use at all!! It breaks down the paper fibers. Also, I would expose each page to the UV light for at least a minute or two to make sure.
@knotsewfastjoanie 7 күн бұрын
I wonder, could you use an ozone generator? Someone may have already mentioned it but just in case....the ozone won't 'remove' mold but it will kill the mold and remove the smell. We have one my husband uses on old cars but I never thought to try it on my books. hmmm, thinking now. You would have to clean it so there is the next issue. It may just dust off?
@antiquebookcollective 6 күн бұрын
YES! And I LOVE my ozone generator too. I've mentioned in quite a few replies and other videos that I recommend and use ozone generators because of how great they are at killing bad stuff on books, be it bugs, mold, or smells. For me, I had a large set of books that were super moldy and, after an extended period of time being exposed to ozone as I cleaned them, I could wipe off most of the mold. I ended up going back through the book with Clorox wipes on the edges of the text block to be extra-sure that the mold was dead. I then hit every single page with alcohol wipes to further cleanse the books. They look fantastic today and I'm still observing them to see how they fare. So far I am 10/10 pleased with the results though. (I also oiled their leather and used some anti-mold essential oils that I blended in with the oils that I applied to the leather.)
@knotsewfastjoanie 6 күн бұрын
@@antiquebookcollective excellent! Thanks for the tips. 😁
@antiquebookcollective 5 күн бұрын
@@knotsewfastjoanie Yep! :)
@lous.6372 7 күн бұрын
Very good info. I have a question: How do they support themselves if they are "lying down"?
@antiquebookcollective 6 күн бұрын
Most are doing either the absolute minimum to meet their needs or living off of friends/relatives, from what I've heard. Interestingly enough, the same sort of thing happened in Atlas Shrugged. Not saying that Ayn Rand was prophetic, but she was well-researched and saw firsthand what collectivist policies were doing in and around her homeland. History repeats, the characters and places might change, but it all ends up being like a Hallmark movie. Same plot time and time again. (Of course, there's stuff you can do to change stuff up and help yourself or your country though, not everything is inevitable! :) There's always hope!)
@lous.6372 7 күн бұрын
Thank you for the links to the boxes. Finding a box to ship things has always been the most stressful part of shipping for me, lol. I'm have a room full of used boxes that are NEVER the right size.
@antiquebookcollective 6 күн бұрын
Glad that you found the links helpful! I know the struggle of finding the "right" box. Took years to standardize things to the number that I've got now, but I've really enjoyed having my wee little selection.
@namaalwaannet4069 7 күн бұрын
What is written in there?
@antiquebookcollective 6 күн бұрын
I didn't read this one before it sold, but that's not saying much. I don't read 99.999% of the books I sell! Hahaha
@22heloise22 8 күн бұрын
100 dollars an hour?! Does that include time going to the post office? Time going to book sales? Time waiting in line for book sales? Time organizing books? TIme looking for boxes/ Shipping materials? Time posting books? Time packaging books? Cost for gas, books, materials etc? . I added all this stuff up and I make minimum wage when all is said and done - at the end of the day etc. Thanks for sharing by the way. If I didn't have another job to pay expenses and couldn't deduct rent as an expense from taxes I might be making less than minimum wage.
@antiquebookcollective 6 күн бұрын
Yep, I went over those numbers in another video, if memory serves me, and a hundred an hour was a little conservative, actually. That being said, that sort of return is far from guaranteed. When I started I'd venture a guess to say I was under minimum wage myself, but I learned, adapted, and found that the high-end items were the only thing that really paid off well for me. I tried a few other things for this channel since I got questions, but I've since called that quits. Antique books are my thing. Antique Christian books from the late 1800s are my particular breadwinner.
@illuzion30 8 күн бұрын
So I tried hydrogen peroxide and made the mistake of rubbing a little, which causes significant damage. Though I thought bleach sounded nuts (and initially dismissed this video), I figured the book can't get any worse and found bleach works really great: dip a q-tip in bleach, squeeze the q-tip once in a bit of paper towel to remove excess liquid, and then dab the mold spots. While it does bleach and warp the spot you dab, I find that a warped bleach white spot looks much, much nicer than a smooth dark mold spot. Obviously don't do this on anything valuable, but I'm glad I came across this video otherwise I would've never considered bleach. I wish I'd taken before and after pictures... the results are really incredible. For less than 30 minutes of work I've ended up with a rather presentable copy (despite the rubbing damage) that I had previously considered throwing away. I'm still going to vacuum seal it with some silica packs and keep this book away from the rest for a while.
@antiquebookcollective 6 күн бұрын
Glad bleach was able to help you with your book! Sorry the hydrogen peroxide didn't do the trick. Like you I wasn't too keen on the idea of using bleach on an old book, but, like you said, things can't really get worse than moldy! Hahaha Good call on quarantining the book, I think I mentioned tossing it in the freezer, like some folks do. I'd also leave it out in the sun for a couple of hours to let the UV light do its thing a bit too. Hope you don't have to fight any more moldy books in the future! :)
@shoningram 14 күн бұрын
Just secured all the pre 1980 vintage and antique books for the foreseeable future at my Friends of the Library bookstore. They sort donations each Tuesday and will be putting all those back for me. Huge Score!!
@antiquebookcollective 14 күн бұрын
Awe man, that's awesome!!! Congrats on the great score.
@shoningram 14 күн бұрын
@@antiquebookcollective I need some pricing help with a signed book. Can I email you a pic or something?
@antiquebookcollective 13 күн бұрын
@@shoningram Folks normally reach out on Facebpok for that, you'd probably do better asking on the Facebook community page I set up. I don't know the price of every book under the sun, after all! :)
@shoningram 13 күн бұрын
@@antiquebookcollective gosh Caleb I’m sorry. I didn’t even this about Facebook
@antiquebookcollective 12 күн бұрын
@@shoningram No worries about that, I don't make mention of it in enough of my videos. :)
@bekind7288 19 күн бұрын
Good info, thank you ❤
@antiquebookcollective 18 күн бұрын
Happy to help as best I can. :)
@CS-os5pt 19 күн бұрын
Thank you. My personal art sketchbooks are in a moldy storage unit and I need to try to save them. Thank you.
@antiquebookcollective 18 күн бұрын
Good luck!
@DeaDBeaT187 22 күн бұрын
I've been getting book worms in my stephen king books I actually found one still living inside. How do I get rid of them?
@antiquebookcollective 22 күн бұрын
Yuck! There's a lot of odd fixes out there, the first thing I'd personally do is put ALL your books outside on a hot summer day and let them bake for maybe an hour. Once you've done that, I would then check the humidity of the room you keep them in (book works usually happen when you have too much humidity) and possibly get a dehumidifier. Dehumidifiers aren't too much money and you just need to get yout level down between 35 and 50 percent. (Personally I like to shoot for 40-ish.) I'm told that sprinkling certain seasonings, like black pepper, cayenne pepper, and even using some essential oils too, can also deter them. Sprinkle that stuff on the shelves you have your books on and that should help to keep them away. Now, with all of that said, I HIGHLY recommend putting your affected books in quarantine. You don't want the book worms going from one book to the next. I'd also look into finding out what particular bug is laying it's eggs on your books and then take steps to keep them away in the future too.
@Otome_chan311 23 күн бұрын
Honestly most old Latin books you can buy for like $100-300. Ones like that one tend to be like $20-30. Some older 1500-1600s stuff can get upwards to $500+. You likely aren't gonna get a million dollars for a Latin book unless it's like the Gutenberg Bible or something. That said, the cheaper prices make it affordable for normal people who want old Latin books lol
@antiquebookcollective 23 күн бұрын
Yep! It's surprising how common books in Latin are.
@Otome_chan311 23 күн бұрын
@@antiquebookcollective it was used frequently up to the early 1900s so not that rare. It's really just older stuff that gets more expensive but even then I guess not that many people are after Latin books lol
@thriftingsisters1226 Ай бұрын
Seems to me that eBay is hiding/ making it difficult to find the description text of an item when scrolling with your cellphone. Or maybe, just me,,LOL. Desk top/laptop shows more listing data. Have your own description text for your vintage, antique or used item as you can see, feel and smell the condition as it is. AI has its place but not with used items. IMO, eBay may have been planning on having the AI feature as an added "fee" if it becomes popular.
@antiquebookcollective Ай бұрын
Yeah, eBay listings on mobile devices are poop. Lol I agree about it not being good for used items and I could totally see FEEBay (thanks Used Book Guy for that term) charging for the AI too.
@Van_Der_Lay_Industries Ай бұрын
The AI sounds like a sales pitch rather than a description. I'm sticking to writing my own detailed descriptions at the moment.
@antiquebookcollective Ай бұрын
Yep! It's just a sales pitch right now, not what I want in descriptions. They do that on Amazon, eBay is a different land.
@sophieedel6324 Ай бұрын
We had a leaky roof but weren't aware. It dripped on a chair for months, and the chair got mold. My books were about 3 meters (10 feet) away but were dry. The room's walls don't seem to have mold. I don't see any mold on any book, so I assume they don't have mold? Is there a way to make sure?
@antiquebookcollective Ай бұрын
Your books almost certainly got some mold spore on them, but there's mold everywhere and books have some spores in them the second they're made. A little mold isn't the end of the world, but it can be negative for people with asthma. I'm told blacklight can show of mold's iridescence and let you see if it's bad, but ai have yet to actually see that. For me, I just make sure that the books I have stay dry and I always have an air purifier going in the room they are in. It could be wroth using an ozone generator in the room your books are in to kill any mold and spores that might be in there. Personally I would 110% use an ozone generator in there. All of that being said, there are tests you can do for mold, but I don't really worry about doing those myself, I just ensure my books are dry and in a room that's between 35 and 50 percent humidity. Hope all that helps!
@sophieedel6324 Ай бұрын
@@antiquebookcollective Thank you. I tested the humidity in the room and it was 44%. Just to be sure I moved all my books to the living room where there is more ventilation and light. You are so knowledgeable and kind for having answered my questions.
@antiquebookcollective Ай бұрын
@@sophieedel6324 Happy it helped! I'd highly recommend having a weekend day that you can spend outside and laying your books out in the sun for maybe 4 hours in total. Over exposure to sunlight will sunbleach them, but the UV light of the sun will help sanitize them and lessen your mold risk. :)
@sophieedel6324 Ай бұрын
I have read that mold is everywhere in the environment. So would every book eventually decade due to mold after centuries, even if kept away from moisture?
@antiquebookcollective Ай бұрын
Sure, the "old book smell" is the smell of the books decaying. However, excess moisture just speeds up the decaying process and renders your book unreadable. I've had and read books 250 years old and older that are beautiful and the Bible I bring to church every Sunday is 170 years old. So long as you keep a book dry and oil its cover you're going to be able to enjoy it much longer. :)
@ckilbride5451 Ай бұрын
After 2 1/2 weeks time away I have no views. What about using end item and sell similar to jump start them?
@antiquebookcollective Ай бұрын
Yep! It's a possibility that works for some folks.
@ckilbride5451 Ай бұрын
Thanks, Caleb, I'll give it a shot! 😊@@antiquebookcollective
@antiquebookcollective Ай бұрын
@@ckilbride5451 Hope you see a nice boost in sales! :)
@ckilbride5451 Ай бұрын
It's true. After 2 1/2 weeks time away I have no views. What about using end item and sell similar to jump start them?
@antiquebookcollective Ай бұрын
Some people do that and see good success with it. I just like making new listings though and letting just about everything else sit and simmer, waiting for their buyer. Otherwise, I just keep going back to listings like a dog to its vomit.
@attheshowvids Ай бұрын
I just copy-paste the condition notes into the description. Less chance they’ll get overlooked.
@antiquebookcollective Ай бұрын
Always a good bet there! I sure wish eBay would showcase the condition notes better--after all, what's the point of them if they don't?
@Van_Der_Lay_Industries Ай бұрын
I do the same. I post them at the top, after the name and publishing details of the book.
@General_reader Ай бұрын
Pictures pictures and more pictures. Always add “see pictures for more detailed description“ in your listing
@antiquebookcollective Ай бұрын
Couldn't agree more! I LOVED when eBay upped all the photos we can post. :)
@TheMelanieLynn Ай бұрын
YES! this thumbnail 👏🏻
@antiquebookcollective Ай бұрын
The guy on this thumbnail is pretty cool looking, huh? :P Lol
@payattention31 Ай бұрын
Can you not use AI in EBay?
@antiquebookcollective Ай бұрын
@@payattention31 Yeah, it's just something you cam click to use when you make your listings.
@alfonsogb2675 Ай бұрын
💋 😘 😗 ❤❤❤
@TheMelanieLynn Ай бұрын
The world traveler is back! 😂
@antiquebookcollective Ай бұрын
Lol
@Ch-zy6tv Ай бұрын
Ok Drac👍
@josh_graff Ай бұрын
It’s Caleb!
@antiquebookcollective Ай бұрын
I'm alive! Hahaha
@AA-dq5uo Ай бұрын
Ist this outdated? There was a big study initiated or granted by congress on leather books conditioning/preserving from old archives and national libraries... the conclusion was to stop using mink oil and other natural oils due to autoxidation and rancidity. Curators have long moved to synthetic oils for books and Oldtimers as well as antique leather chairs and so on.
@antiquebookcollective Ай бұрын
Based on what I've seen, natural oils still work best. Rancidity may be an issue, but I've yet to see it happen even once. Dry leather that cracks and flakes off, however, is something I've seen a billion times. Several commenters on videos where I talk about this all agree that natural oils are the only way to go as well, which makes me think I'm on the right side of the boat. :) (P.S. There are other studies out there that say not to oil books at all, which is markedly a terrible conclusion. Ergo, I'd rather do my own research amd testing at this point, regardless of who said what.)
@AA-dq5uo Ай бұрын
@@antiquebookcollective the problem with do Your own research is that its a matter of decades. I would think the Smithsonian will know better ;)
@antiquebookcollective Ай бұрын
@@AA-dq5uo Maybe, but maybe not too. I'll keep doing things the way they've been done for preserving books for centuries, it's worked pretty well so far.
@michaelconrad7301 Ай бұрын
I was listening to your podcast while I was delabeling a stack of books to list, and heard that we share the same family background. My dad's people were also "Russian Germans", who were farmers who immigrated to the Volga region of Russia (they were German Lutherans, but there were also a lot of German Mennonites and some German Catholics). They were offered the promise of being exempt from conscription, and when the Tsar went back on that promise, they were looking at the killing fields of the Tsarist Wars pretty nervously and looking for a way out. Luckily, the Kansas railroad system was trying to encourage farmers to settle along the rail lines that were being built, and like a lot of others, my family took the offer of free tickets by ship to America, and a train ticket to Kansas, where they settled in and began farming, speaking Plattsdeutsch (Low German) and probably avoiding being shot as Kulaks in the Soviet Union. There was a lot of Russian-German settlement in Kansas (here's an article: swissmennonite.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/migrations-of-russian-germans-to-kansas-2.pdf) and apparently elsewhere as well. They probably understood the idea behind the Chinese saying "At some point, every man must make the decision to abandon his luggage and run for his life"...
@Drizzt07 Ай бұрын
I was wondering, what do you think of the control over reproduction ?
@antiquebookcollective Ай бұрын
I'm not quite sure what you mean by that, but my stand is that the government shouldn't have even a fraction of the control that they do--I'm a Constitutional Republican. Additionally, I think that no government should ever have the power to say that someone's life isn't equal to another's, regardless of age, race, or the such. Small government fixes lots of problems, big governments make big problems. :)
@thriftingsisters1226 Ай бұрын
Another book worth a read is Technofedualism, by Yanis Varoufakis. Good topic. More folks should be buying gold US Eagles.
@antiquebookcollective Ай бұрын
It's on my wishlist of books already! So many books, so little time.
@slvrcross Ай бұрын
Hello! I'm new to reselling, I just bought 10 Duck Brand 10.5in x 15in yellow bubble mailers, on sale. Any suggestions as to what I could safely ship w these? They're big. They don't seem to be waterproof :o probably won't buy these again, wish I had the foresight! lol
@slvrcross Ай бұрын
probably should only ship clothes in these huh?
@antiquebookcollective Ай бұрын
You can ship clothes, sure, but some folks use those for bigger books. For me, I sometimes use bubble mailers as glorified bubble wrap for things that I ship out, did that just yesterday, actually. Other sellers out there use them more religiously than me for protecting items shipped out, but I've had no issues without them. But, again, you can use them for shipping books too. People do it. I just hate it and lots of buyers don't like it too, but it's sort of expected nowadays. Hope all of that helps!
@slvrcross Ай бұрын
@@antiquebookcollective thanks for the info!
@General_reader 2 ай бұрын
You remind me of Ben Shapiro. In a good way.
@antiquebookcollective 2 ай бұрын
Hahaha I'll take that. I'm told by lots of folks that they think I'm Jewish as it is.
@antiquebookcollective 2 ай бұрын
More data has come out since I made this video--just last week--and, man, I didn't give all of this the credit I should have! It's worse now. Also, I recently sold some silver to China and there's some interesting stuff there. I might give an update on this one in the future, maybe I won't, we'll see. But, yeah, tons of stuff going on!
@thriftingsisters1226 Ай бұрын
What's your view on Blackrock Inc opening up a new stock exchange in Texas?
@antiquebookcollective Ай бұрын
@@thriftingsisters1226 Well, I'm no fan of Blackrock, but I appreciate and support the localization of markets to more regional spheres because that's the world we're getting into by all measures that I can see. For the time being, globalism is dead. (Luckily.) As such, local markets need to pricing power and this is a good step in that direction as far as I'm concerned. :)
@thriftingsisters1226 Ай бұрын
@@antiquebookcollective Klaus has supposedly retired, but the globalists are delaying their timelines, hoping that the newer generations will be more easy to mold. They haven't figured out yet that how to get the Americans to comply, will it be thru greed, buying them out with a monthly unearned income, or thru forced policies like that medical intervention of the past. They have seen that Americans still have that "John Wayne" mentality when they have been pushed too far. Klaus doesn't understand that America is not Europe.
@user-fy8uh7zw8y 2 ай бұрын
Cat urinated on important paper certificate, please help!
@antiquebookcollective 2 ай бұрын
That's terrible, really sorry about that. There are some companies that clean paper professionally, but I have no tips on cleaning paper at home that'll be safe enough to recommend. Sorry.
@payattention31 2 ай бұрын
Love honesty. Serve the lord.
@antiquebookcollective 2 ай бұрын
100%!
@payattention31 2 ай бұрын
Can I ask for your eBay store address here? If not, I can send you my email address.
@amberlee6878 2 ай бұрын
Are there any apps you recommend for checking the prices of books? I’ve heard of ScoutIQ but it’s too expensive
@Odessarose6 2 ай бұрын
Great topic. I worry about those boxes and if water gets inside them. I think I'll use them. Thank you.
@antiquebookcollective 2 ай бұрын
I have yet to have any trouble with water, and I've shipped out tens of thousands of books. As bad as the Post Office is, I guess they don't leave parcels in puddles just yet! Hahaha
@Odessarose6 2 ай бұрын
@@antiquebookcollective Thank you. I love those boxes so I will use them now🙂🙂
@antiquebookcollective 2 ай бұрын
@@Odessarose6 Yeah, I really like this particular type of box, been using them for a while. I actually like them more than the Uline ones too! Pretty sure they're linked in my shipping supplies list. :) (In the description of this video and a lot of other ones.)
@thriftingsisters1226 2 ай бұрын
Good topic. The small starter pack mailers is a good idea.
@antiquebookcollective 2 ай бұрын
Thanks, and thanks for the feedback! :)
@amandakaake4275 2 ай бұрын
I love seeing how fellow book sellers package their books. I just started up an Etsy store last year and am loving what I’m doing! I also started selling on Pango Books within the past few months. I put each book in a self sealing cellophane bag, then bubble wrap and finally bubble envelopes or boxes. I also do the shake test.
@antiquebookcollective 2 ай бұрын
Phew. You really go the extra mile, very nice! :) Keep up the awesome work, I hope it just gets better from here for you!
@antiquebookcollective 2 ай бұрын
Sorry about the camera flashing weird colors in this video, my desktop webcam wasn't happy with all of the movement as I was wrapping this! I should be buying a new camera soon-ish for the channel, so that should take care of things. I'm able to get that new camera, and other stuff for the channel, because of my channel members and for those of you who watch the channel, so thank you all!
@antiquebookcollective 2 ай бұрын
I do read all of my comments, so, really, let me know what you all think about my idea!!! :D Thanks, all.
@antiquebookcollective 2 ай бұрын
Sorry I'm late with this one today, I hope you all like this one! :)
@quiltedbrownie 2 ай бұрын
Something to consider. Tfs!
@antiquebookcollective 2 ай бұрын
Hope it was worth your while. :)
@petepistol007 2 ай бұрын
Lost me on the first sentence
@ryaolivia1035 2 ай бұрын
I have found mould on the back of my bookcase but on the side where the pages touch the back. I cannot see any mould on the books themselves. Safe to say I am getting rid of the bookcase but what do I do with the books? There are two rows and I think the first row should be fine but the ones that were touching the backing do I throw just in case? Do I wipe with a cloth and isolate and see how the get on?
@antiquebookcollective 2 ай бұрын
As I'm sure you know, mold spores are out there and can spread whether we see them or not. It's likely that there are spores on the books. That being said, there are things you can do to kill off some of that mold, I like Clorox wipes for newer books that aren't as fragile as antiques, but, even then, I do use some Clorox wipes (and I add rubbing alcohol to that sometimes, depending on the book) and I wipe the book down with that to kill mold, germs, and even some bad smells. It's not 100%, you won't kill it all, but I find it's enough most of the time to get rid of everything that I can. Hope that helps, no one likes throwing away stacks of books!
@davestelling 2 ай бұрын
Morning... I have an early 19th century "Pocket" Bible...the leather is very dry, and flaking in some areas. I recently purchased a small tin of some Pecard's "Antique Leather Conditioner." It is to be applied by hand, left to soak in and dry. I'm looking for a product and tecnique that a museum/antique conservator might employ. Your thoughts, please? Just discovered your channel and I'm enjoying what I've seen so far, thank you...
@antiquebookcollective 2 ай бұрын
Glad you're liking the channel! :) Sorry, but I don't have any tips pr techniques that pros like that would use for that company's conditioner. Usually soaking something is a no-no, hence why I have no tips. Sorry. That being said, when oiling, the professionals who do oil books rub in the oil using small concentric circles, like how I did in this video. It could be worth trying that same method with your conditioner, but I really have no tips for that one as I've never used it and haven't ever heard of conservators or museums using it. Not to say it wouldn't work, leather is leather, but I just don't know about the specifics of your stuff.
@davestelling 2 ай бұрын
@@antiquebookcollective Thank you, appreciate your response...
@antiquebookcollective 2 ай бұрын
@@davestelling Hope you can get your Bible back up to snuff! I just finished rebinding and cleaning up an ~1880s for a friend and am about to oil the 1856 one that I bring to church every week. They last for ages when treated well!
@909uhbv 2 ай бұрын
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@kita6707 2 ай бұрын
Thanks for the useful info!
@antiquebookcollective 2 ай бұрын
Hope it helps!