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  • - What do we have here?

  • I have "The Delphian Course," 10 volume set, first edition,

  • which was printed in 1901.

  • RICK: This is really cool.

  • Where did you guys get these?

  • We got them at a swap meet.

  • So obviously you guys shop at the same store.

  • [laughing]

  • ERIC: We came to the pawn shop today

  • to sell our "Delphian Course."

  • This particular set was a liberal arts

  • education for women.

  • DEREK: It's definitely a cool set.

  • ERIC: It looked great on my bookshelf for years.

  • [laughing]

  • We tend to move a lot more than we used to,

  • and to lug around from place to place is just too much to bear.

  • [chuckle]

  • RICK: Back late 1800s, early 1900s,

  • publishers were making lots of sets of books

  • like this, because it was a way people

  • could get educated without going to college, you know?

  • Basically they were like book clubs--

  • Oh.

  • RICK: --and Delphian was for women.

  • Say you live in a small town.

  • You know, your husband worked, you took care of the kids,

  • but you're going to read a book at night.

  • And one day a week, your club met.

  • They had intellectual discussions

  • and they talked about what they read about that week.

  • It was a social thing, and you get to learn something.

  • These cover just about everything.

  • It was a really liberal arts thing.

  • Medieval stories, history of music, conduct of life.

  • This set of books, you know, would last you for years.

  • By the time you were done, you had a much broader

  • understanding of the world.

  • It was a great thing for the time.

  • [music playing]

  • So what do you want to do with them?

  • I want to sell them.

  • I'm tired of moving them around.

  • [laughing]

  • - Books can get heavy, yes. - Yes.

  • [laughing]

  • How much do you want for them?

  • $250.

  • [pained sigh]

  • I know the second edition sold for $150.

  • [exhale]

  • That person was really lucky.

  • [laughing]

  • Just because something is a first edition

  • doesn't mean it's worth a lot of money, OK?

  • When you talk about volumes like encyclopedia sets and volumes

  • like this, they just don't sell well.

  • I would give you 50 bucks for it.

  • Hm.

  • Could you go $100? RICK: No.

  • Ah.

  • They're nice books and everything,

  • but they're just not that collectible, plain and simple.

  • Would you do $60, because that's easier to split?

  • Were you guys bad in math, or something?

  • Yes. [laughing]

  • I'll give you 50 bucks. That's it.

  • OK, deal.

  • All right. RICK: Cool, man.

  • Thanks.

  • RICK: All right, let's go up here.

  • I'll write you up.

  • Thanks.

  • ERIC: Made 50 bucks today.

  • We're going to go have a nice dinner.

  • DEREK: I saw a really nice print I want to buy that's $60, so--

  • and you can't split that, can you?

  • No.

  • You'll probably win.

  • As always.

- What do we have here?

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