What to do with older Mastro and REA auction catalogs?

[TCMA]

I've got maybe 50 - 75 older auction catalogs from Mastro and REA. They're in storage right now and I need to clear them out. Any ideas on what to do with these? I'd like to keep a few but don't need that many .

[ullmandds]

i have kept a few auction catalogs over the years...but most I just recycle. some here offer to send them to other collectors. it'd be kinda cool to have a "library" of older auction catalogs somewhere!

[TCMA]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

i have kept a few auction catalogs over the years...but most I just recycle. some here offer to send them to other collectors. it'd be kinda cool to have a "library" of older auction catalogs somewhere!

Don't think they can be recycled because they're books, and the local library probably wouldn't want them.

I've considered offering to send them to other collectors but I think they'd be expensive to ship. They'd have to go Priority Mail based on their weight, so whoever is receiving them would have to cover that.

[ullmandds]

ya...what I meant is recycle them in the circular file!!!!!

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by TCMA

Don't think they can be recycled because they're books, and the local library probably wouldn't want them.

I've considered offering to send them to other collectors but I think they'd be expensive to ship. They'd have to go Priority Mail based on their weight, so whoever is receiving them would have to cover that.

If they are books can't you ship book rate?

[Howe’s Hunter]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

If they are books can't you ship book rate?

Afraid not. Tried that a couple weeks ago and was a bit to honest or transparent with the postal folks. If a price is listed for any item, even if it is a starting bid point, it is no longer a book, but a catalog. I argued, they busted open the package, and deemed it a catalog that does not qualify for book rate.

[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?

[Gary Dunaier]

Originally Posted by StuckInOmaha

If a price is listed for any item, even if it is a starting bid point, it is no longer a book, but a catalog. I argued, they busted open the package, and deemed it a catalog that does not qualify for book rate.

Stamp collectors have had the same problem mailing copies of the Scott Postage Stamp Catalogue, which actually has "catalogue" as part of its name.



Explanations that it's a reference book, and not an actual list of items for sale, have fallen on deaf ears.