From: owner-lds-bookshelf-digest@lists.xmission.com (lds-bookshelf-digest) To: lds-bookshelf-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: lds-bookshelf-digest V1 #900 Reply-To: lds-bookshelf Sender: owner-lds-bookshelf-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-lds-bookshelf-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk lds-bookshelf-digest Thursday, February 1 2001 Volume 01 : Number 900 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 11:49:24 -0700 From: John Hatch Subject: Re: [LDS-Bookshelf] Yet Another eBay Chuckle! - --------------97F27B808865EC4292E5DF8F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Why don't you bid, Nick? A Pearl of Great Price printed BEFORE the Book of Mormon or the Book of Commandments has to be worth a pretty penny! You could tell people that the angel Moroni gave Joseph Smith this particular copy so he could print the Pearl of Great Price later. John nicksl@nauvoo.net wrote: > Look here, my friends, for a TRULY rare copy of The Pearl of Great Price! > The seller says it's "especially important to Mormons!" Note the date, > etc., etc. > > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=552181385 > > Nick Literski > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books > - Webpage: http://www.wenet.net/~kirwin/bshelf.html > - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with > - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. > - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" - --------------97F27B808865EC4292E5DF8F Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Why don't you bid, Nick?  A Pearl of Great Price printed BEFORE  the Book of Mormon or the Book of Commandments has to be worth a pretty penny!  You could tell people that the angel Moroni gave Joseph Smith this particular copy so he could print the Pearl of Great Price later.

John

nicksl@nauvoo.net wrote:

Look here, my friends, for a TRULY rare copy of The Pearl of Great Price!
The seller says it's "especially important to Mormons!"  Note the date,
etc., etc.

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=552181385

Nick Literski

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- --------------97F27B808865EC4292E5DF8F-- - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - - Webpage: http://www.wenet.net/~kirwin/bshelf.html - - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 13:59:09 EST From: RickBook@aol.com Subject: Re: [LDS-Bookshelf] From the Field In a message dated 01/31/2001 12:43:59 AM Eastern Standard Time, jphatch@freeport.com writes: << Rick, Thanks for sharing such a great letter and the events surrounding it. There's nothing like holding something like that in your hands and wondering what story it has to tell. How did it touch the person it was addressed to? Who has cared for it all these years? Great stuff! John >> It is exciting to see such things, especially when they sneak up on you unexpectedly. The letter and several related letters either to or from the recipient and his family were among the effects in a local estate sale. It happens in this area from time to time, where homes sometimes remain in the same families for a century and a half or longer. A lady in her nineties, the fifth or sixth generation in an 1820s house, may pass away, and presto: the 116 pages. Still watching . . . Mr. Ford, the recipient of Sikes' letter, appears not to have joined the Church. However, from Sikes' earlier letter, it is clear that Mr. Ford allowed either Salmon Brigham and Sikes, or other Mormon elders in the area, to administer to him for a problem with his neck. Sikes lectures Ford for complaining to Salmon Brigham that he was not cured on the first try. Rick - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - - Webpage: http://www.wenet.net/~kirwin/bshelf.html - - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 11:12:38 -0800 (PST) From: Rory Swensen Subject: Re: [LDS-Bookshelf] I'm back With the recent brouhaha on the 'shelf, I was greatly impressed by Dean's new found self control - I simply couldn't believe the restraint and dignity he showed! Now I find out he was simply in Mexico and Guatemala. ;) With apologies for the humor at your expense, Dean, welcome back. - --- Dean Eborn wrote: > We just returned from our 2-week guided tour of Book > of Mormon lands in Guatemala and Mexico. We flew > into Guatemala City, stayed at 5-star hotels, and > took various flights and air-conditioned buses on > our way to Mexico City before flying home. The tour > guide was Dr. Joseph Allen, author of _Exploring the > Lands of the Book of Mormon_ (I highly recommend his > book). Dr. Allen thinks they have now identified > 45 sites from the Book of Mormon, and our tour took > us to 40 of them. It was fantastic!!! > > I took about 200 photos with my digital camera, and > all of them are now on the internet for all to see. > Here is the link: > > http://content.communities.msn.com/isapi/fetch.dll?action=get_album&ID_Community=DeanEbornsPhotos&ID_Topic=3 > > Dean
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> __________________________________________________ Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - - Webpage: http://www.wenet.net/~kirwin/bshelf.html - - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 14:27:10 EST From: RickBook@aol.com Subject: Re: [LDS-Bookshelf] Yet Another eBay Chuckle! In a message dated 01/31/2001 1:49:56 PM Eastern Standard Time, jphatch@freeport.com writes: << Why don't you bid, Nick? A Pearl of Great Price printed BEFORE the Book of Mormon or the Book of Commandments has to be worth a pretty penny! You could tell people that the angel Moroni gave Joseph Smith this particular copy so he could print the Pearl of Great Price later. >> Yet sometimes we must back up one step and ponder. This may be an "aha!" experience. Numerous familiar phrases in Mormonism were preceded by the same phases in the world of early Latter-day Saints. I have found the following expressions, for example, in close proximity to early Mormon usage of similar terms: School of the Prophets (1809 sermon praising Andover Theological Seminary, where Joshua Seixas taught before teaching at the Mormon School of the Prophets in the Kirtland Temple) The Young Men's Association for Mutual Improvement (Albany, 1838) "The morning breaks, the shadows flee," (hymnal printed 20 miles from Parley P. Pratt's birthplace) . . . and many more. So I am printing out this reference for possible eventual inclusion in my Mormon Parallels bibliography. How much of a stretch is it to juxtapose an 1826 London imprint (and there many have been later editions - the British Library Catalogue will tell) with the presence of Franklin D. Richards in Liverpool twenty-five years later, compiling the Mormon Pearl of Great Price? He, or a fellow missionary, could easily have seen this arresting and curious title in a home somewhere ("Oh, Elder! I note that you take an interest in early texts which support the Bible and your special beliefs. Here is a volume my father owned, which may interest you . . .") Once seen, such a title for a compilation would stick in one's subconscious, I feel sure, given the parable of the Pearl of Great Price, selling all one has to obtain it, and the financial strain recently mentioned here on LDS Bookshelf suffered by the Liverpool elders attempting to publish for the entire Church. And, I dare you to write a more awkward sentence than the one which precedes this one . . . RickBook - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - - Webpage: http://www.wenet.net/~kirwin/bshelf.html - - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 11:32:49 -0800 From: "Greg Bragg" Subject: RE: [LDS-Bookshelf] Yet Another eBay Chuckle! Rick, I had the same thoughts after reading John's post. It's not Joseph Smith we are concerned about, but the possibility of Franklin D. Richards having seen this title in England is interesting! Greg - -----Original Message----- From: owner-lds-bookshelf@lists.xmission.com [mailto:owner-lds-bookshelf@lists.xmission.com]On Behalf Of RickBook@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 11:27 AM To: lds-bookshelf@lists.xmission.com Subject: Re: [LDS-Bookshelf] Yet Another eBay Chuckle! In a message dated 01/31/2001 1:49:56 PM Eastern Standard Time, jphatch@freeport.com writes: << Why don't you bid, Nick? A Pearl of Great Price printed BEFORE the Book of Mormon or the Book of Commandments has to be worth a pretty penny! You could tell people that the angel Moroni gave Joseph Smith this particular copy so he could print the Pearl of Great Price later. >> Yet sometimes we must back up one step and ponder. This may be an "aha!" experience. Numerous familiar phrases in Mormonism were preceded by the same phases in the world of early Latter-day Saints. I have found the following expressions, for example, in close proximity to early Mormon usage of similar terms: School of the Prophets (1809 sermon praising Andover Theological Seminary, where Joshua Seixas taught before teaching at the Mormon School of the Prophets in the Kirtland Temple) The Young Men's Association for Mutual Improvement (Albany, 1838) "The morning breaks, the shadows flee," (hymnal printed 20 miles from Parley P. Pratt's birthplace) . . . and many more. So I am printing out this reference for possible eventual inclusion in my Mormon Parallels bibliography. How much of a stretch is it to juxtapose an 1826 London imprint (and there many have been later editions - the British Library Catalogue will tell) with the presence of Franklin D. Richards in Liverpool twenty-five years later, compiling the Mormon Pearl of Great Price? He, or a fellow missionary, could easily have seen this arresting and curious title in a home somewhere ("Oh, Elder! I note that you take an interest in early texts which support the Bible and your special beliefs. Here is a volume my father owned, which may interest you . . .") Once seen, such a title for a compilation would stick in one's subconscious, I feel sure, given the parable of the Pearl of Great Price, selling all one has to obtain it, and the financial strain recently mentioned here on LDS Bookshelf suffered by the Liverpool elders attempting to publish for the entire Church. And, I dare you to write a more awkward sentence than the one which precedes this one . . . RickBook - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - - Webpage: http://www.wenet.net/~kirwin/bshelf.html - - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - - Webpage: http://www.wenet.net/~kirwin/bshelf.html - - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 14:35:45 EST From: RickBook@aol.com Subject: Re: [LDS-Bookshelf] I'm back In a message dated 01/31/2001 2:13:23 PM Eastern Standard Time, rtswen@yahoo.com writes: << With the recent brouhaha on the 'shelf, I was greatly impressed by Dean's new found self control - I simply couldn't believe the restraint and dignity he showed! Now I find out he was simply in Mexico and Guatemala. ;) With apologies for the humor at your expense, Dean, welcome back. >> I second the welcome, Dean, and am delighted that you had such a marvelous experience! And to rub salt in the heartless wounds just inflicted by Rory, I confess that I, too, had been greatly impressed by your restraint. I must learn from this same experience myself, that silence is sometimes very golden indeed! Rick - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - - Webpage: http://www.wenet.net/~kirwin/bshelf.html - - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 15:06:19 -0700 From: "Dean Eborn" Subject: [LDS-Bookshelf] Prices down - ------=_NextPart_001_0003_01C08B97.5DEE6140 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Is it just me, or have prices on LDS books fallen lately? It seems they = were down about 20% a month ago; and now, they are down even more. I'm t= alking about the good stuff, the more valuable stuff. Is this just an Eb= ay thing, or are prices down on LDS books all over? Dean
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- ------=_NextPart_001_0003_01C08B97.5DEE6140-- - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - - Webpage: http://www.wenet.net/~kirwin/bshelf.html - - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 16:52:27 -0700 From: "Albert Gardner" Subject: [LDS-Bookshelf] Ebay #552181385 The Pearl of Great Price This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_003D_01C08BA6.311A19C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I sent a note to the sell of The Pearl of Great Price = http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=3DViewItem&item=3D= 552181385 and he changed his description. But not his price! I guess = that's because it's still 'very rare'. Albert Gardner Yuma Territorial Penitentiary, AZ - ------=_NextPart_000_003D_01C08BA6.311A19C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I sent a note to the sell of The Pearl of Great = Price http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAP= ICommand=3DViewItem&item=3D552181385 and=20 he changed his description.  But not his price!  I guess = that's=20 because it's still 'very rare'.
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- ------=_NextPart_000_003D_01C08BA6.311A19C0-- - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - - Webpage: http://www.wenet.net/~kirwin/bshelf.html - - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 00:17:38 GMT From: John Hatch Subject: Re: [LDS-Bookshelf] Prices down I don't know if I've seen prices drop, so much as they seem to have leveled off. Although I have to admit that I've gotten some great deals lately on auction sites and online dealers. I'm curious as to what the dealers have to say about this - have they seen a leveling off or even a deacrese in the market? I spoke to one dealer who told me it looks like the 1st edition Book of Mormon's have leveled off at around $60,000 to $70,000. Boy, what a bargain! Where'd I put my Visa... John > Is it just me, or have prices on LDS books fallen lately? It seems they > were down about 20% a month ago; and now, they are down even more. I'm t > alking about the good stuff, the more valuable stuff. Is this just an Eb > ay thing, or are prices down on LDS books all over? > > Dean
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I am paying about 20% more for first edition Books of Mormon than two months ago, if you or your brother have any for sale.

John

Dean Eborn wrote:

Is it just me, or have prices on LDS books fallen lately?  It seems they were down about 20% a month ago; and now, they are down even more.  I'm talking about the good stuff, the more valuable stuff.  Is this just an Ebay thing, or are prices down on LDS books all over? Dean  

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  - --------------3CC9BAE58F560837E1A6F730-- - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - - Webpage: http://www.wenet.net/~kirwin/bshelf.html - - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 23:45:14 -0800 From: Dave Subject: Re: [LDS-Bookshelf] I'm back - --------------DC41B7FE608FA55F65556027 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=x-user-defined Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit DAVEH:  Hey Dean.....Thanx for posting the pictures.  The thumbs were a bit small for my tired old eyes, but I'm glad you took the time to post them.  Can you tell us a little more about the tour?  Does Dr Allen do those tours regularly, and are they open to the general public?  Was it through BYU, or a private concern?  (Any specific recommendations?) Dean Eborn wrote: > We just returned from our 2-week guided tour of Book of Mormon lands > in Guatemala and Mexico.  We flew into Guatemala City, stayed at > 5-star hotels, and took various flights and air-conditioned buses on > our way to Mexico City before flying home.  The tour guide was Dr. > Joseph Allen, author of _Exploring the Lands of the Book of Mormon_ (I > highly recommend his book).   Dr. Allen thinks they have now > identified 45 sites from the Book of Mormon, and our tour took us to > 40 of them.  It was fantastic!!! I took about 200 photos with my > digital camera, and all of them are now on the internet for all to > see.  Here is the > link: http://content.communities.msn.com/isapi/fetch.dll?action=get_album&ID_Community=DeanEbornsPhotos&ID_Topic=3 Dean ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dave Hansen Dave@Langlitz.com http://www.langlitz.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   - --------------DC41B7FE608FA55F65556027 Content-Type: text/html; charset=x-user-defined Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit DAVEH:  Hey Dean.....Thanx for posting the pictures.  The thumbs were a bit small for my tired old eyes, but I'm glad you took the time to post them.  Can you tell us a little more about the tour?  Does Dr Allen do those tours regularly, and are they open to the general public?  Was it through BYU, or a private concern?  (Any specific recommendations?)

Dean Eborn wrote:

We just returned from our 2-week guided tour of Book of Mormon lands in Guatemala and Mexico.  We flew into Guatemala City, stayed at 5-star hotels, and took various flights and air-conditioned buses on our way to Mexico City before flying home.  The tour guide was Dr. Joseph Allen, author of _Exploring the Lands of the Book of Mormon_ (I highly recommend his book).   Dr. Allen thinks they have now identified 45 sites from the Book of Mormon, and our tour took us to 40 of them.  It was fantastic!!! I took about 200 photos with my digital camera, and all of them are now on the internet for all to see.  Here is the link: http://content.communities.msn.com/isapi/fetch.dll?action=get_album&ID_Community=DeanEbornsPhotos&ID_Topic=3 Dean
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Dean,

I am paying about 20% more fo= r first edition Books of Mormon than two months ago, if you or your broth= er have any for sale.

John

Dean Eborn wrote:

Is it just me, or have prices on LDS books fallen lately?  It= seems they were down about 20% a month ago; and now, they are down even = more.  I'm talking about the good stuff, the more valuable stuff.&nb= sp; Is this just an Ebay thing, or are prices down on LDS books all over?=  Dean  

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- ------=_NextPart_001_0000_01C08C2C.06C81740-- - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - - Webpage: http://www.wenet.net/~kirwin/bshelf.html - - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 08:56:01 -0700 From: "Dean Eborn" Subject: Re: [LDS-Bookshelf] I'm back - ------=_NextPart_001_0001_01C08C2C.CD023EE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable He owns a tour company. He and few other guys do the tours year round. = They do Book of Mormon Lands, Israel, and Church Historical sites. Dr. A= llen does the tour (9, 14, or 21 days - I recommend the 14-day option) ab= out 4 times each year. The January and February tours are the best for t= he Book of Mormon Lands because the temperature is only in the 70s and 80= s. Dr. Allen used to run BYU Travel Study but realized he could compete = with them and do a better job if he broke off on his own. He can do a be= tter job because BYU can't say much since the Church has taken no officia= l stand on where the Book of Mormon happened. DaveH, if you click on the thumbs, you can see the pictures better :-) Dean - ----- Original Message ----- From: Dave Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 12:50 AM To: lds-bookshelf@lists.xmission.com Subject: Re: [LDS-Bookshelf] I'm back DAVEH: Hey Dean.....Thanx for posting the pictures. The thumbs were a b= it small for my tired old eyes, but I'm glad you took the time to post th= em. Can you tell us a little more about the tour? Does Dr Allen do thos= e tours regularly, and are they open to the general public? Was it throu= gh BYU, or a private concern? (Any specific recommendations?) =20 Dean Eborn wrote: =20 We just returned from our 2-week guided tour of Book of Mormon lands in G= uatemala and Mexico. We flew into Guatemala City, stayed at 5-star hotel= s, and took various flights and air-conditioned buses on our way to Mexic= o City before flying home. The tour guide was Dr. Joseph Allen, author o= f _Exploring the Lands of the Book of Mormon_ (I highly recommend his boo= k). Dr. Allen thinks they have now identified 45 sites from the Book of= Mormon, and our tour took us to 40 of them. It was fantastic!!! I took = about 200 photos with my digital camera, and all of them are now on the i= nternet for all to see. Here is the link: http://content.communities.msn= .com/isapi/fetch.dll?action=3Dget_album&ID_Community=3DDeanEbornsPhotos&I= D_Topic=3D3 Dean ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ =20 Dave Hansen =20 Dave@Langlitz.com =20 http://www.langlitz.com =20 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ =20
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He owns a tour= company.  He and few other guys do the tours year round.  They= do Book of Mormon Lands, Israel, and Church Historical sites.  Dr. = Allen does the tour (9, 14, or 21 days - I recommend the 14-day option) a= bout 4 times each year.  The January and February tours are the best= for the Book of Mormon Lands because the temperature is only in the 70s = and 80s.  Dr. Allen used to run BYU Travel Study but realized he cou= ld compete with them and do a better job if he broke off on his own. = ; He can do a better job because BYU can't say much since the Church has = taken no official stand on where the Book of Mormon happened.
=  
DaveH, if you click on the thumbs, you can see the pict= ures better  :-)
 
Dean
----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Thursday= , February 01, 2001 12:50 AM
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Subject: Re: [LDS-Bookshelf] I'm back

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DAVEH:  Hey Dean.....Thanx for posting the pictures.  The= thumbs were a bit small for my tired old eyes, but I'm glad you took the= time to post them.  Can you tell us a little more about the tour?&n= bsp; Does Dr Allen do those tours regularly, and are they open to the gen= eral public?  Was it through BYU, or a private concern?  (Any s= pecific recommendations?)

Dean Eborn wrote:

We just returned from our 2-week guided tour of Book of Mormon lands in= Guatemala and Mexico.  We flew into Guatemala City, stayed at 5-sta= r hotels, and took various flights and air-conditioned buses on our way t= o Mexico City before flying home.  The tour guide was Dr. Joseph All= en, author of _Exploring the Lands of the Book of Mormon_ (I highly recom= mend his book).   Dr. Allen thinks they have now identified 45 = sites from the Book of Mormon, and our tour took us to 40 of them.  = It was fantastic!!! I took about 200 photos with my digital camera, = and all of them are now on the internet for all to see.  Here is the= link: http://content.communities.msn.com/isapi/fetch.dll?action=3Dget_album&am= p;ID_Community=3DDeanEbornsPhotos&ID_Topic=3D3 Dean~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dave Hansen
Dave@Langlitz.com
http://www.langlitz.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=
 


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- ------=_NextPart_001_0001_01C08C2C.CD023EE0-- - ---------------------------------------------------------- - - LDS-Bookshelf, information and discussion of LDS books - - Webpage: http://www.wenet.net/~kirwin/bshelf.html - - To unsubscribe, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with - - "unsubscribe lds-bookshelf" (without quotes) in the message body. - - For assistance, mail to "lds-bookshelf-owner@lists.xmission.com" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 10:21:23 -0600 From: John Hajicek Subject: Re: [LDS-Bookshelf] Prices down - --------------7334D3D67F05297D1FE9476E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dean, My guess is that you are looking at eBay, the most inconsistent marketplace. The leather Millennial Stars sold for less this month, but that is just because you were not here to bid on them like you did last month. ;-) Also, I think some of the Books of Mormon and D&Cs on there this past couple of weeks were in very poor condition. I am thinking of the 1874 Book of Mormon, the 1852 Book of Mormon, and the 1845 D&C. But look at some of these outstanding prices: The 1907 Book of Mormon for $611 !!! http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1405933687 An 1888 Pearl of Great Price for $515 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1404919226 An 1908 Book of Mormon for $227.50 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=540224017 I have also noticed that wealthier people quickly discovered that they do not have the time for eBay, or the patience for the unprofessionalism and risk, and that eBay has become a place of primarily dealers competing against each other at wholesale prices. This is consistent with the auction model described by Bill Reese in his Yale University Gazette article shared by Bill MacKinnon (Bill, my spell checker says that should be "Bill Mackinaw" (Island), but you always hail from nearby Beaver Island). John Hajicek http://www.Mormonism.com Dean Eborn wrote: > John, what is your experience with prices of LDS books in the $500 > to $1,000 range? Are they up or down from 6 months ago? Dean > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: John Hajicek > Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 9:04 PM > To: lds-bookshelf@lists.xmission.com > Subject: Re: [LDS-Bookshelf] Prices down > Dean, > > I am paying about 20% more for first edition Books of > Mormon than two months ago, if you or your brother have > any for sale. > > John > - --------------7334D3D67F05297D1FE9476E Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dean,

My guess is that you are looking at eBay, the most inconsistent marketplace.  The leather Millennial Stars sold for less this month, but that is just because you were not here to bid on them like you did last month.  ;-)  Also, I think some of the Books of Mormon and D&Cs on there this past couple of weeks were in very poor condition.  I am thinking of the 1874 Book of Mormon, the 1852 Book of Mormon, and the 1845 D&C.  But look at some of these outstanding prices:

The 1907 Book of Mormon for $611   !!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1405933687

An 1888 Pearl of Great Price for $515

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1404919226

An 1908 Book of Mormon for $227.50

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=540224017

I have also noticed that wealthier people quickly discovered that they do not have the time for eBay, or the patience for the unprofessionalism and risk, and that eBay has become a place of primarily dealers competing against each other at wholesale prices.  This is consistent with the auction model described by Bill Reese in his Yale University Gazette article shared by Bill MacKinnon (Bill, my spell checker says that should be "Bill Mackinaw" (Island), but you always hail from nearby Beaver Island).

John Hajicek
http://www.Mormonism.com

Dean Eborn wrote:

John, what is your experience with prices of LDS books in the $500 to $1,000 range?  Are they up or down from 6 months ago? Dean
----- Original Message -----
From: John Hajicek
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 9:04 PM
To: lds-bookshelf@lists.xmission.com
Subject: Re: [LDS-Bookshelf] Prices down
 Dean,

I am paying about 20% more for first edition Books of Mormon than two months ago, if you or your brother have any for sale.

John

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