What to do with older Mastro and REA auction catalogs?

[ullmandds]

ed...i've never had a problem shipping "books" this way. I'd think the box would be so heavy they would not question it?

[CowboysGuide]

I've shipped book via USPS Media Mail with no problem. Don't know if that's the same as 'book rate'.

[pawpawdiv9]

I was wondering the same question, I got my AH books from the last 2-3 yrs it seems, and from like 8 AHs, and they weigh a TON!!!! Thought it be a good idea for bonfires for when my neighbor has a bunch of kids, i assume for boyscouts.

[bgar3]

I create files with pages from the catalogues for items I either won, have a similar item, think I might acquire in the future, wish I could get, or have a historical especially well researched description of an area that interests me. You can track specific items, get a feel for rarity and follow value changes. I also keep catalogues that are about a single subject or are histoically important in their own right, very subjective. Some catalogues have excellent essays about a person, era or subject, that are well worth keeping. I am usually opposed to extracting pages from books, but make an exception for catalogues. You will also enjoy going thru them again to pull out a few pages. Just remember to date and annotate them. When you have done all that, ditch them.

[scooter729]

Is that true - these catalogs can't be recycled? I've been tossing the auction catalogs in the recycling bins for years. Aren't they just like any other paper or magazine which would go in the recycling bin?

[slidekellyslide]

Ever wondered why all your auction catalogs are mailed to you via priority? Because they can't be mailed via media mail. The auction houses would save thousands of dollars on every auction if they could use media mail.

[baseballart]

I've got a ton here in Vancouver. If anybody wants to drop by and pick some up, let me know.

Canada has no media rate, so they are about $18 each to ship.

Max

[jcmtiger]

Originally Posted by scooter729

Is that true - these catalogs can't be recycled? I've been tossing the auction catalogs in the recycling bins for years. Aren't they just like any other paper or magazine which would go in the recycling bin?

I just take them to the recycle bin in town, they never come back. You can recycle.

Joe

[Bob Lemke]

As a periodical, SCD is mailed via 2nd Class Mail. It's a special category t encourage dissemination of newspapers, magazines, etc.

There is a lot of red tape to acquiring a 2nd Class mailing permit, but the postage break is (or at least used to be) substantial. It also used to be the postal norm that 2nd Class mail traveled about the same speed at 1st Class.

[tbob]

Originally Posted by jcmtiger

I just take them to the recycle bin in town, they never come back. You can recycle.

Joe

+1. Same here

[Leon]

Originally Posted by tbob

+1. Same here

I am one of the few on my street that pays to have recycling picked up. It's a nominal fee and takes a few minutes more work but recycling is good. And the AH catalogs recycle as well as the rest of the stuff. And many times they are the heaviest items too!!

[ALR-bishop]

Ed---Just curious, did they ask for your permission before "busting " it out ?

What about something like SCD, either the catalog or the the publication. I assume a price guide is not a price list, but what if there is there is advertising with prices in the ads within the publication ?

[Howe’s Hunter]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Ed---Just curious, did they ask for your permission before "busting " it out ?

What about something like SCD, either the catalog or the the publication. I assume a price guide is not a price list, but what if there is there is advertising with prices in the ads within the publication ?

As I said, I was too honest with the Post Office.

When I told them I wanted to mail it book rate, they asked what was in it. I responded old auction catalogs. "Well, it has prices in it, so it isn't a book," was the response. But those are only suggestions or starting points, nothing in those books sold for what was listed as a price. "Well, you'll have to prove that." How can I prove that, I don't have a list of realized prices with me. "May I look at the items? (meaning the books)" Sure. "No, this is a catalog. Nothing but items to buy and a required price. This has to go priority mail.”

It went from being a $4 charge to more than $15.

[Howe’s Hunter]

But at least they didn't charge me for a second Priority box large enough for the three catalogs. They charged for the first one, because is was larger than an envelope. But since they are the ones who opened it, they gave the second box for free, but I still had to repack it while at the P.O.

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by StuckInOmaha

But at least they didn't charge me for a second Priority box large enough for the three catalogs. They charged for the first one, because is was larger than an envelope. But since they are the ones who opened it, they gave the second box for free, but I still had to repack it while at the P.O.

Your post office charges for priority boxes?

[Rob D.]

 

[FourStrikes]

re: Rob D.

Hoarder!!!!! (I'll STFU now - guilty as well - looks like MY office.)

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by Rob D.

 

The library is at robs house

[TCMA]

Originally Posted by Rob D.

 

Yup, my stack is very close to that .

[caramelcard]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Ed---Just curious, did they ask for your permission before "busting " it out ?

What about something like SCD, either the catalog or the the publication. I assume a price guide is not a price list, but what if there is there is advertising with prices in the ads within the publication ?

No, they don't ask permission. I ship records frequently and they've been opened many times by the Post Office. If there's something else in there besides what qualifies as media mail, then they'll charge you or the person who receives the package the extra postage.