posted on November 25, 2000 08:23:28 AM new
I recently picked up some books at an estate sale.
The person at one time was the head of the CBI. Several of the books are old police procedurals, hypnosis in police work, and how to administer and use lie detector tests. (He was an expert in the lie detector field - Chris Gugas) Many of the books are inscribed to him.
This man save everything - the books were crammed with letters and newspaper clippings either related to the authors or to the subject matter in the book - would it be worth including some of this?
For example, a book called 'The Smut Peddlers' has lots of newspaper clippings from the 60's about pornography and the move to oust smut sellers.
Any ideas on how to list these? I think they would interest criminology buffs more than book buffs, but maybe I'm wrong.
posted on November 25, 2000 08:51:41 AM newHi Jane
I recently sold a book on interviewing and interrogation techniques that my Dad used in his law enforcement career. He paid $8.00 for it new, gave it to me after reading it 1 time. It sold on ebay for around $19.
I think there is a good market for this kind of thing, law enf. students, private detectives, lawyers, "arm chair" detectives, etc. I would include the items that are with each book. In your description, list the items as best you can. Try to include pictures of any illustrations in the book also. I don't know what this says about the state of our national education system, but a lot of people seem to buy books based on the pictures.
posted on November 25, 2000 02:04:36 PM new
Thanks Tim!
I wish I had had more time and money when I stopped at the sale - there was some great stuff there. Lots of memorabilia - but they had some hefty price tags on some of it that I couldn't quite understand - letters of commendation from J Edgar Hoover that were priced at $150. Last I looked, there wasn't much interest in Hoover.
But he had 4-5 polygraph machines....was thinking about them just to have at home for the kids.
