RICK H HARRISON:N: Hey.
How's itit going??
HEIDIDI: Hi.
RICK H HARRISON:N: So what do o we have e here?
HEIDI:I: I brougught you s se beautifuful histororical booo.
These e are thee 181414-1815 pupublicatioion
ofof the "NaNaval Histstory ofof the Uninited C
thatat are sigigned by Presidident Johnhn Adams..
RICKCK HARRISOSON: Oh, s swe.
So thihis is thehe historyryf ththe Uniteded States s Nav?
ThThat's cooool.
HEIDI: Y Yes.
We've h had the m most high-tecech ships s in the w w.
ThThe USS CoConstitutition d the ninickname O Old Ironsnsi.
That's b because i in the e War of 1 1812,
a Brititish frigigate firered .
ThThe cannonon balls b bound off ththe side o of it.
HEIDIDI: That't's awesomom.
RIRICK HARRIRISON: Andnd theyt ththe nicknaname Old I Ironsi.
So we hahave--
HEIDI: I Inside ofof eachch book isis a bookk
plate frfrom the p personal l ly of Preresident J John Adama.
RICKCK HARRISOSON: Whoa.a.
That's's fancy..
HEIDIDI: The p publisherer signgned thesese books
and gagave them m as a gifit to P Presidentnt John AdAdas
riright herere.
RICK HARARRISON: O OK.
HEIDIDI: Therere's one o otr additiononal fact,t, too.
Right hehere, thee bookoks have b been giveven
to Lieieutenantt Chararles Thomomas Clarkrk,
anand they a are signened frfrom Presisident Adadams.
That t is cool.l.
How mumuch were e you asasking foror them?
$ $200,000.0.
I've sosold booksks that belongnged to eaearly presesis
for a lolot of mononey bebefore, soso let
me calall up a f friend ofof .
If thehere's anynybody on n e plplanet whoho will knknow everg
about t these, i it will b be.
OK, souounds greaeat.
I lolook forwaward to tatalkingn expert t to see whwhat they y k
ababout thesese amazining bo.
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Thihis is thehe uber bobook d I was s telling g you abouo.
HEIDI:I: Wonderfrful.
A And you h have somemethig for meme to nerdrd out?
Um, y yes.
We have e two bookoks from Presidident Adamams' librara.
She wantnts a lot t of money for r them, anand I don'n't k.
They'r're books.s.
Therere's a mimillion and onone questitions.
Oh.
"P"Presenteded as a mamark of rt to hisis excellelency, Johohn ,
Esquire,e, by the e publisheh"
That's n nice.
I I mean, itit's part t of e history y of how t this book
cacame to bebe in the e first .
This i is "Clarkrk's Navalal Hi"
There's s a close e connectitiot Johnhn Adams h has to ththis .
So T Thomas ClClark was s n acacquaintanance of hihis,
and he e encourageged Clark o writite this n naval hisisty
inin the firirst placece.
O Oh, that't's so cooool.
This isis post-WaWar of 181.
This is s the secocond editit.
And d the firsrst editioion was s only in n one volulum.
And the e second e edition ws grgreatly rerevised anand expa.
And you u know whehere thosose revisisions
anand expansnsions camame fr?
Hmmmm?
J John Adamams talkining to h ClClark and d the publblisher y
ababout whatat he feltlt shouould be inincluded..
So a as far asas the type of f volumes s you
could d have thahat were o oe inin John AdAdams' libibrar,
this is s pretty i interestit.
RICK H HARRISON:N: OK.
P People lolove presisiden.
AnAnd the fofounding fatherers in pararticularr
foformed a n nation babased on intelellectual l ideas
that thehey were r reading..
So i if you hahave a booook t one ofof these f founding g fas
was s reading,g, it's kind o of a big g deal.
But thisis, kind o of a probo.
Because e when thehe provovenance i is here
anand then i it is momodernly a attached d her,
there cacan be queuestions about t whether r this
ororiginallyly went wiwith t.
Lucky y you, thihis has evidencece of offsfsetting,,
whwhich is o only goining toto happen n over
a a very lonong periodod of t.
ThThese werere togetheher.
AnAnd this i is the riright book plalate for J John Adam.
AnAnd there e are no red flagags for meme
as far a as tamperering that it t could
hahave been n added onon mode.
RICK H HARRISON:N: OK.
But thehere is onone proble.
ThThe thing g that getets pepeople reaeally excicited
is w when you u have wriritg in the p person's s hand.
Thisis is not t John Adadams' .
AnAnd this i is 1817..
Adams s suffereded from papa.
He verery often n wouldn'tt writite thingsgs himselflf.
YoYou can ststill findnd letttters fromom his timim.
But t he had s secretariris do a a lot of f his writiti.
That m means youou're losisg one e of the m major reaeass
ththat peoplple collecect susuch a vololume.
So f for that t reason,, I woululd evaluauate
this m more arouound the r re of $10,0,000 to $1$12,000.
RICK HARARRISON: O OK.
Wow.
T Thanks.
You'rere the besest.
REREBECCA ROROMNEY: GlGlad to . ThThanks.
Thank y you.
Take e care.
Where e I work, , we selll autotographed d letterss
byby John AdAdams.
I'I'm very f familiarr withth his aututograph..
I'm veryry familiaiar wiwith his h handwrititing.
It's somomething t that I can rerecognize e immediatatel.
AnAnd that's's what I I did noe when I o opened ththe book t t.
S So do youou have ananothr figure b besides $ $200,000?
[lauaughter]
[mususic playiying]
The lowowest I wowould go is ababout $50,0,000.
Yeah,h, the mosost I'm going g to go isis 10.
There y you have e it.
- Thananks for b bringing g th. - HeHey.
Wellll, cool..
Nicece to leararn about t th.
Thanksks for youour time..
RICK H HARRISON:N: Thanks..
It't's unfortrtunate ththt we c couldn't t make a d de.
But t I'm pretetty sure e I'lld a a good homome for ththem an.