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These books are going away \u2014 but not if you’re willing to pay.<\/p>\n

The prices of six Dr. Seuss titles exploded on eBay after the beloved author’s publisher said it would stop selling them because they contained racist images.<\/p>\n

Prospective buyers placed bids in the hundreds of dollars Tuesday for vintage copies of the books that were listed for as little as $4.44 over the past week.<\/p>\n

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A 1955 edition of “On Beyond Zebra!” fetched a leading bid of $670 by 10:15 a.m. Eastern time \u2014 less than a day after it was put up for auction at a starting price of just $14.99.<\/p>\n

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A copy of “The Cat’s Quizzer” from 1976 similarly saw its top offer skyrocket to $510 after it was listed for $9.99 on Monday.<\/p>\n

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An early 1960s copy of “Scrambled Eggs Super!” listed Saturday for just under $8 didn’t get a single bid in its first three days on eBay, but the price jumped to $565 in less than three hours following the news that it would no longer be published.<\/p>\n

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A “First Book Club Edition” of “If I Ran the Zoo” \u2014 which has drawn fire for its offensive caricatures of Asian and African people \u2014 received three bids for less than $10 in its first five days on the market before the offer to beat surged to $355 on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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A 1947 copy of “McElligot’s Pool” listed for less than five bucks last Friday was recently going for $620, while a 1937 edition of “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” fetched a $305 bid about an hour after it was listed Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n

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All six books were also in short supply on Amazon, where third-party sellers are selling collectible editions for thousands of dollars.<\/p>\n

Amazon warned buyers that four of the books were out of print with “limited availability.” Only “If I Ran the Zoo” and “McElligot’s Pool” didn’t bear that notice on Tuesday \u2014 but the only copies available ran from $920.99 to $4,500.<\/p>\n

Neither Amazon nor eBay immediately responded to requests for comment Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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