A lot of things in this world are so weird.

What seems inconspicuous to many people often has unimaginable value.

"Marvel Files", a magazine that was originally common in stalls, is a thing of one or two yuan, and it is a maximum of a dozen yuan to sell it online, but if you collect a large set and the quality reaches 95 grades, (mainly the gifts in the magazine are not lost), you can sell for more than 1,000 yuan, which is not a joke, it is a fact.

The first hardcover issue of "The Fairy Tale King" in 1985, because it has been published for almost 20 years, has destroyed a lot in the world, and ruined a lot, and a good condition can sell for more than 7,000, which is not a joke, it is a fact.

In fact, as people grew up in the 80s, nostalgia for the past has become the main sentiment of this generation, and many things in the 80s, such as the "Fairy Tale King" periodical, have become the sweethearts of the market. Especially the inaugural issue of "Fairy Tale King" in 85, not to mention the hardcover of the inaugural issue, only the thin paperback book, with the "New Biography of the Bull Demon King" on the cover, a total of only 64 pages, priced at 0.38 yuan, as long as the quality reaches nine products, it can be sold for 1500 yuan!

Is it incredible? But it's true.

If you still don't believe it, then you always know about the small book of "Story Club", but you would never have imagined that the inaugural issue of "Story Club", from 1963 to 1966, 24 copies can be sold for 1,800 yuan, and even "Story Club" 1990 to 2000 11 years of 11 large sets of 132 copies can also be sold for 500 yuan, and the rise of this small journal continues to spread upward......

The inconspicuous "Story Club", it is very likely that the things you throw away after reading it are actually worth a thief!

Why is this happening?

The reason is simple, where there is a need, there is a market; Where there is nostalgia, there is a high price.

At this moment, the bald guy Cao Dezheng opened his mouth for 8,000 yuan to buy the "Marvel Files" and "Fairy Tale King" that Lin Yi had just bought, which directly stimulated everyone around, and everyone opened their mouths wide, with an expression of disbelief, surprise, and surprise in their eyes.

That Cao Dezheng saw that the atmosphere was booming, so he made persistent efforts, and smiled at Lin Yi with a smile: "In addition, I heard that brother, you have recently received a batch of martial arts novels, soft hardcover limited edition of 600 copies of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", may I ask yes or no?" ”

Lin Yi also smiled kindly, "Brother Cao's ears are quite keen, I haven't been collecting these books for long-" His eyes glanced at Wang Heizi and his wife, who were full of jealousy and chagrin in the crowd, intentionally or unintentionally.

Cao Dezheng laughed, not caring at all about what Lin Yi said, "If Brother Lin is willing to cut your love, I will also want all the two boxes of books!" ”

"How much is this time?" Lin Yi smiled, looking very greedy.

Cao Dezheng seemed to hesitate for a moment, and then said very heroically: "According to the current market, it is reasonable to say that a set of four books is more than 2,000, and if you have 20 sets, then I will give you 42,000 yuan, plus 8,000 just now, just make up an integer - 50,000!" As he spoke, he saw Cao Dezheng directly taking out five thick stacks of pink hairy grandpa from his shoulder bag, and reached out and handed them to Lin Yi.

Seeing is believing, hearing is false.

What's more, now that the brand-new banknotes are in front of you, it can't be more real.

The crowd next to them was sensational, Wang Heizi and his wife were dying, their hearts were dripping blood, no, their blood was burning, crackling and burning, jealousy, remorse, all kinds of indescribable feelings filled their hearts, their eyes stared at the pink money, without blinking.

You must know that although this temple of wealth is an antique trading market, there are few tens of thousands of transactions, not to mention that it is still 50,000 yuan at once, which directly breaks the transaction record here.

Of course, many people don't know, in fact, there are many unknown underground transactions in the God of Wealth Temple, not to mention 50,000, even 500,000, but these transactions are not visible and cannot be put on the surface, so no one knows.

Looking at the hot and thick Grandpa Mao in front of him, not to mention Wang Heizi and his wife, who had left Bao, even the other people around him also accelerated their breathing and began to be excited.

As for the price that Cao Dezheng just said, Lin Yi believes that it is also true.

In the past, Lin Yi just entered the industry, and he didn't know why some seemingly inconspicuous books could be sold at sky-high prices, such as the "2010 Forbidden City Calendar" that he shot last time, which was priced at only 48 yuan, and it was a newly printed thing, but it could sell for more than 1,000 prices.

That's right, many old books are now sold online, and many inconspicuous old books are being hyped up at sky-high prices online.

The web is a magical place.

Anything can happen here, and many used books that look inconspicuous at used book stalls can often be sold online for amazing prices.

And this kind of differentiation of platforms has caused a great phenomenon of book hunting in the current used book market - picking up leaks!

Picking up leaks is originally a term used in the antique industry, that is, without the seller's knowledge, buying a very valuable antique at a very cheap price. Book lovers who like to Taobao are actually no different from Taobao people, and everyone has reported the idea and luxury of picking up leaks.

Of course, picking up leaks is an act that can be encountered but not sought. If you want to "pick up the leak", you must meet several elements: first, the seller does not know the goods; Second, the acquirer has a good vision; Then there is the serendipity.

It's just that many book hunters haven't realized this, and their consciousness is still at the level of low-level leakage that old books are cheaper than new books, and many people don't know that with the help of the new rising online platform, the old books they find can be sold for hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands.

It's not a joke.

A thin print of only 2,000 copies of the "Talking Book Notes", the book is the early work of the writer Mr. Wang Jiaju, published by Harbin Publishing House in December 1994, only 5 yuan is sold on the stall, but now it is as high as 150 on the Internet, if you are lucky enough to find the author's signed copy, then it can be sold for more than 500.

Huang Shang's "One Foot in the Quagmire of North Korea" in the early October 1950 edition of the Clay Society, you can buy it for 10 yuan at a second-hand book stall, and you can sell it for 600 yuan if you get it online or get it to an antique book collection bookstore, and if it is a signed copy, you send it, at least 2000.

In May 1949, the Shanghai Liberation Society published Taizu's book "On the Question of Literature and Art", with the chairman's portrait and signature on the cover. This is a new version of Mao's "Speech on Yan'an XX". You can even buy it for 20 yuan at a used book stall, but in the eyes of collectors of red literature, the book is as high as 13,000 yuan.

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These are not myths, but the mysteries that Lin Yi discovered after studying the online used book trade. It was also Lin Yi who understood why old books were so valuable.

And now, Cao Dezheng is giving 1,000 yuan for "Surprise Files" and 7,000 yuan for "Fairy Tale King", such a price code is really high, even if you don't need to check, Lin Yi believes that it is about the same as the highest price on the Internet.

As for the more than 2,000 sets of soft hardcover "Condor", Lin Yi checked it on the Internet, and just three days before he checked it, this set of books was also auctioned on the Internet for 2,220 yuan. Because of this, Wang Heizi came to fool him three times and twice, hoping that he would sell the two boxes of books back, but Lin Yi was indifferent.

But these are not the point, the point is that there is no such cheap thing in the world, especially no one will take the initiative to stuff 50,000 yuan into your hands.

So looking at the stuffed money, although Lin Yi was very tempted, he didn't pick it up, but said to Cao Dezheng bluntly: "Brother Cao, you still want to explain your intentions, I won't play this game." ”