Are vintage cookbooks worth anything? This depends on several factors. Some people love to collect old vintage cookbooks. But most of the time the recipes can be found on the internet so unless the book is scare and rare and hard to get it may not be work very much. The exclusivity of owning a cookbook worth money may be enough for some collectors, but in the end if everyone has the recipes then it may make owning the vintage cookbook less fun.

"These days, cookbooks are all fairly similar in that they offer photos of the food and maybe a few pictures of the celebrity chefs responsible for the creations. But long ago, drawings had to suffice, making these recipe collections far more artistic." Check out this article on the artwork in various cookbooks.