[Rockhounds] USGS Folios

[gary brown]

Those are fun.  I got a bunch of them around 20 years ago.  They fetched from $15 to $100 on eBay.  They were printed on REALLY crappy paper, especially the covers, which chip quite easily.  I've sold most of mine, but kept a handful from interesting areas.  One ideas...  if the written content is damaged beyond use break out the maps <gasp!>.  They were usually printed on better paper and stand up better.  Individual maps from significant localities can fetch a good price.  Check with your local antique dealers.  I've got an early 1900's map of the Minneapolis/Saint Paul area hanging on my office door.  I find myself looking at it almost every day.

GcB

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Wow, cool.When the CSM Museum would sell these at their annual silent auction of books, eocks, & maps, they'd often sell them for maybe $20-$10 apiece. Colorado ones or ones relating to mining districts always more popular, of course...