1934 years books 150 to 700, The finished mystery 100 to 300, other books run around 20 to 50 bucks if they are older. I dumped a ton in the dumpster and wish I had kept them. I have a small collection of some of the rare ones like Millions now living will never die, and Can the living talk to the dead, the finished mystery, and the Paradise book. Anyone here look for the old light books?
It is amazing how old JW books are selling and for a lot
by mickbobcat 8 Replies latest jw experiences
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mickbobcat
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stan livedeath
You did the right thing
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dozy
Back about 12 years ago I was the congregation secretary and decided to have a clear out of some of the old books in our congregation library and some we had inherited from the death of an elderly long time JW in our congregation - I just sold them on Ebay & donated the funds to the congregation. We made about £400 GBP , mainly because the books were in absolutely pristine condition in the most part.
When you actually sit down & read these books - you realise that they are total and utter drivel - the rantings of a delusional man , such as Rutherford or Fred Franz. The Society quotes them very , very selectively ( as ever , look for the .... in their quotations ) - no wonder they aren't available on JW Org.
Really old stuff going back to Russell's time ( like Studies in the Scriptures ) in good condition sells for big bucks. There are some avid collectors , especially in the USA - mostly with Bible Student connections.
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joe134cd
Luckily I happened to mention to my father, before he was about to throw out his older collection. That to keep a few back, to assert their worth.
I have got stored away the trinity brochure, the original printing of the revelation book, and the first print edition of the silver sword still in its plastic wrapping. Might be worth something one day.
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Overrated
It is hard to believe that shit sells for money on ebay.
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pistolpete
I know of a few who have paid thousands for Charles Russel's books.
The reason they do this is because someone told them that Russell got the year 1914 or 607, can't remember which date, ---from measuring the pyramid, and other things that today are crazy. The jws couldn't believe this so they sought out the books. Some exjws knowing this have put the books on sale for a high price to take advantage of these jws waking up.
Once they bought the books, it became obvious the truth wasn't the TRUTH. They left the organization and threw away the books they bought for thousands of dollars.
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littlerockguy
A lot of watchtower related books have a high price tag online. In Search of Christian Freedom by Ray Franz is listed for $2000 on abebooks and Gentile Times Reconsidered by Carl Jonsson is listed for $358.81 on abebooks.
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stan livedeath
"a fool and his money " ?
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Beth Sarim
Yes I can vouch for these books. In Search of Christian Freedom by Ray Franz and Carl Olaf Johnsson's books Gentile Times Reconsidered and The Last Days When. These are just outstanding reads. It's little wonder these out of print books are so high-priced. Excessively expensive.
Because when you read them,,,,, you just realize how NON-unique JWism is. JW's are NOT unique. They are no different than anyone else if you get your hands on them.
On a side note, I can't remember where it was I heard something. To the tune that Deborah Dykstra now has the copy rights to Carl Olaf Johnsson 2 books in addition to the remaining Ray Franz' book, In Search of Christian Freedom.( just an outstanding piece of work, I might add probably as eye-opening as CoC, maybe more)
But where I heard this about Mrs Dykstra's copy rights, could have been Mike and Kim, but that's what I heard. When she releases these remaining books, remains to be seen.