Holding onto some old books you read as a kid for sentimental value? Well if you’re looking to be rid of them, you’ll get a good price.
Depending on the particular edition, that is!
Here are the top 10 books that could put some big dollars into your pocket – if you can bear to part with them!
Curious George by Hans Augusto Rey and Margret Rey will rustle up $5,044 (£2,800) for the 1941 version.
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle is worth a cool $144,000 (£80,000) for the 1902 first edition.
Who doesn’t own a copy of Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling? First editions are worth around $144 (£80), but if you’ve got a full set signed by the author herself, you could rake in $54,000 (£30,000).
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman could fetch as much as $900 (£500) for each book’s 1995 edition.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle came out in 1969 and will go for $9,000 (£5,000).
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins only hit shelves between 2008 and 2010, but if you’ve got a first-print copy of all three, you can score $685 (£380).
A 1960 copy of Green Eggs And Ham by Dr. Seuss will go for as much as $6,400 (£3,550).
Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg came out in 1981 and will go for $793 (£440).
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter was written in 1983 and if you have the first version (till 1901), you can fetch $90,000 (£50,000).
The 1900 version of The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum with 24 colour illustrations is going for $4,324 (£2,400).
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