Our Literature offerings have expanded to 120 lots filling seven bookcases. In addition to a number of lesser consignments, we are pleased to offer the specialized New Zealand of Geoff Leech and a large part of the Jim Hennok philatelic libraries. We decided to increase the offerings of single works as a service to our literature buyers. Items which we valued at $30 (and sometimes as low as $20) are offered as single lots.
This greater selection comes with a trade-off. As those who’ve checked the opening bids will note, there will be minimum bids (typically 60-67 percent of the estimate) on the single lots and on some of the group lots. A few literature buyers whom we consulted advised that a broader selection of lots with reasonable opening bids was a worthy goal, much preferable to bidding on a heavy carton and incurring expensive shipping just to acquire one item in the box.