[Porterville]

Washington Irvings first are worth about 40 dollars, if it is from 1885 it is not a first. ... The way to check prices is to go to abebooks.com and click on the advanced options. Fill in the rellevant blanks and click on first edition. I sold a first edition Hesse the last month for 200 dollars on eBay, I bought the book for 1 buck. I sold a first Fitzgerald last year I bought for 30 dollars for 200 also... what I also do is Check eBay. If it is not fetching prices on eBay, you probably won't sell the book for much money.

Hot Authors:
Hesse
Kourouac
Hemingway
Fitzgerald
Harper Lee
Twain
Ayn Rand ***very hot
Salinger ***very hot
Vonegutt fetches an OK price
Stephen King
Steinbeck
Jack London
and the classics from Huxley etc. etc.

[Delphinium]

Thanks for the great information. Aren't you worried about giving away secrets?

[Delphinium]

Stephen King? There were alot of his books that I left in the garage? Should I get them?

[stylin_geek]

J.D. Salinger of "Catcher in the Rye" fame? Probably the most overrated piece of drivel every to be hyped as a best seller. Ellsworth Toohey would have been proud.