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how many years dose it take for a book to become collectible or antique?

Public Comments

1. I think 25 years.
2. prolly 20 years as with cars... 75 years for antiques
3. Books are always collectible. First printing editions, hard backs. 50 years for it to be considered an antique, only if it is rare. How many were made at the time? How many in circulation? 2ND editions are collectible too.
4. Well, as a collector's idem, if you own a original book and keep it for more than about 50 years without touching it, then it would be worth a LOT of cash!
5. Depends how old itself the book is
6. It depends on how many were published and how many folk want to have them. Some art-books may have a total "run" of only 100 or so. It more folk want it it may be "collectable" within the year of publication. It may be impossible to reproduce in equivalent quality. See also "Zines" as an example of short-run items, sometimes highly collectable and other times basically scrap paper.