Originally Posted by
victorfrank
In real world auctions (as well as on sellbay), Victorian bibles regularly go un-sold. They will attract bids from dealers according to whether they have any coloured pictures in them that are suitable for framing and selling on; in those cases, dealers will pay up to £20, dependant on the number of pictures. In my store rooms, I have half a dozen leather and brass bound bibles, one in 'mint' condition, but they are worthless to me as a dealer for anything other than shelf decoration. The only valuable bibles are early - 17th century ones with special pictures.
Bibles are part of a 'category' that ought to be worth much more than they are; they are never as rare as people think, and are always worth more to the family whence they came.