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Last week’s performance
Fractional secondary markets
Only two books traded on secondary markets last week – The Wizard of Oz on Rally was off slightly declining 2.3% while Catcher in the Rye was flat. Also it’s an awful book.
This Week
New IPOs
Karl Marx: Das Kapital (1st Edition)
- Market Cap: $120k
- Inferred Value: $101k
- Platform: Rally
- Date: 10/14/2021
- Recommendation: [Insiders Only]
Just one new asset dropping this week.
Secondary markets
This is where we’ll highlight assets trading this week or next that may be of interest.
Dune opens to wide release next Friday and will trade on Rally on the 18th. It’s received exceptional reviews, and it’s likely the book will trade up even though it’s slightly overbought already.
- Upside: -21%
- Platform: Rally
- Date: 10/18
*Disclaimer, I own shares of Dune on Rally
- Upside: -61%
- Platform: Rally
- Date: 10/19
At Auction
Heritage has some fabulous pieces available right now in their Horror and Fantasy rare books auction. A few favourites:
- Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, First Edition, three volumes
- Robert Bloch, Psycho, First Edition Inscribed
- Isaac Asimov, I, Robot, First Edition
- Isaac Asimov, The Original Foundation Trilogy, First Editions, First States
- J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, First Edition, First Impression
- J. R. R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, First Editions, First Impressions, First State
- Jules Verne Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas, First American Edition
- Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451, First edition, limited edition of /200, signed and numbered by Bradbury
Too many good ones to list. Check it out.
