Good perspective on priorities in the face of personal disaster.
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Good perspective from a collectors point of view, however I would have thought from an insurance perspective with most books apparently hosed into a soup, photographic evidence would have been right at the top. Not necessarily to show complete strangers. But when a catastrophe occurs like this you can rest assured your insurance assessor will not be a stranger for very long.
Positive Rep, Jack! I'll admit I haven't been following this thread very closely, but I do wonder why such value items would be stored in the basement. That being said, my "library is in the basement but all books are well above the waterline should there ever be a disaster. My greatest fear is fire.
Absolutely agree. Getting a list of damages and photos for insurance would absolutely be a priority. But posting those photos online to allay suspicious minds would not be much of one, for me personally.
Thanks for the rep! I think I read in one of the early accounts of the disaster that Gerald had moved the items into the basement temporarily while he was reorganizing stock in his store. He planned to move them back upstairs to display in the store.
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... holy shit, that was awesome. Just caught up on the last four/five pages of the thread and situation.
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Mooooooooooooore! Mooooooooooore! Someone call someone else an asshole! Someone demand photographic proof! Someone talk shit to Boss Man! Mooooooooooooooooore!
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I think this discussion has run its course. Feel free to post more opinions/arguments if you think they will contribute to passionate discussion.
How cool!!!!!
Agreed...Waste Lands DJ is HARD to find perfect....very very hard
The David Morrell collection auction. David writes: Just got the catalogue for the auction of 31 rare @StephenKing books & typescripts to benefit the Matthew Morrell and Natalie Sanchez Pediatric Cancer Research Fund. It's set for July 2, 6pm at Nocturnem Draft Haus in Banger, ME. To arrange online/phone bidding call 207-922-2062.
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Good for the charity, but baffling that the work we have done here for the past 10+ years doesn't receive near the same publicity.
Anyone having trouble registering for this? I have called a few times as David Morrell said on Twitter you had to register but Gerald isn’t answering the phone or returning my calls:(
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Do you have to sign up to see the list of items up for sale? If not, where can I get the list (I hope its not a facebook page, as I am not on facebook).
I appreciate it is a bit of a "how long is a piece of string" question, and the charity aspect adds another layer of randomness into the pot, but any thoughts on the price range expected on the manuscripts?
I have absolutely no idea of values. I hope that they do sell, and that they do get some serious money for helping the cause.
At the moment, there are some manuscripts available, not signed though, on ebay, sold by Mike Pasuik
> https://www.ebay.com/sch/pasiuk57/m....1&_ipg=&_from=
I don’t find the auction to have that many unique or interesting items....and the legal waiver is significant.