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Highest Prices Obtained for Celebrity High School Yearbooks that were listed on Ebay

$1480 Elvis Presley Senior yearbook in excellent condition. Slightly below what this book might have sold for a few years ago, but still a solid price. The same book signed by him (when in high school) brings about $4500+

$700 Buddy Holly Sophomore book in seemingly excellent condition. This sale may not last as the seller had described this book as Buddy Holly's SENIOR book, when, in fact, it was his Sophomore book, typically worth about a third of the Senior price!! On the other hand if it is an overseas buyer who is not terribly familiar with U.S. schooling, he may not even realize the difference.

$450 Michael Jordan Senior book in excellent condition. There is no doubt that most celebrity books reach a peak value when the celebrity is also at their peak and this book is no different as this would have obtained $750+ during Threepeat. A similar example is Madonna, where her book 15 years ago would obtain twice what it would today and that is more a function of passing her peak than the soft current market.

$375 J.D. Salinger Senior book with water damage. This was an interesting condition situation as the covers were like new, but somehow the bottom of the book had been exposed to water. To make it more interesting the page with Salinger's Senior photo was excellent with virtually no damage; in excellent condition this book would go for $1000+ as there are not many copies which survive in good shape, but this one took an appropriate condition discount.

$325 Al Kaline Senior yearbook. Detroit sports icon around Playoffs time with Tiger fan spirits high.

$299.99 Tiger Woods Freshman yearbook. Seller should be THRILLED. Tiger Woods is OLD NEWS and even his Senior yearbook would have a difficult time selling for that amount today.

Not a lot of transactions since the last report.