St_Dunstan_editions_prices_1903_2024_README.txt generated 20240905 by Sarah Hovde.

Dataset: Saint Dunstan edition prices, 1903-2024

File list:
St_Dunstan_editions_prices_1903_2024.xlsx
St_Dunstan_editions_prices_1903_2024.csv

Both files contain identical information in .xslx and .csv formats. Both last updated 2024-09-05 by Sarah Hovde. Data collected between approximately 2021-12 and 2024-08, from sources provided in "Data source" column.

Columns in .xlsx and .csv files:

Title: title of the book
Sale/Owner Name: most recent owner of a book, if known or probable
Auctioneer/Bookseller: seller of a book
Sale Date: date auction was held, book was sold, or approximate year online listing for book was posted, if still for sale (EDTF/ISO-8601 format)
Other price USD: price in USD when type (realized, hammer, asking) not known
Realized price USD
Hammer price USD
Asking/estimated price USD
Other price GBP: price in GBP when type (realized, hammer, asking) not known
Realized price GBP
Hammer price GBP
Asking/estimated price GBP
2023 price: CPI-adjusted 2023 price calculated using the MeasuringWorth.com Purchasing Power calculator, based on realized price USD if available, hammer price USD or estimated price USD if not (not calculated for GBP prices)
Data source: source of sales data. Includes auction websites ("website", with link given in "Links" column if available); American Book Prices Current (ABPC); Book Auction Records (BAR), Bookman's Price Index (BPI); Book Prices Current (BPC); Rare Book Hub (RBH); and selected newspaper articles (New York Times, New York Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer, Publisher's Weekly) and auction catalogs
Issue number: number of book, if known
Illuminator: illuminator(s) of book, if known
Catalog number: lot number within auction catalog, if known from data source
RBH record number: reference number for sales record within Rare Book Hub database (as of May 2023)
SD ID: internal ID number based on title abbreviation and issue number, for tracking price history of specific St. Dunstan volume when possible
Notes: free-text notes about other data
Links: links to online listings for book when available, or digitized auction catalogs for some