It: The 25th Anniversary Special Limited Edition - Collecting Discussion Thread

[Rahfa]

Just because your card was charged does not mean your book has shipped.

OK, consider it tempered excitement. Please allow me to enjoy the moment....

Buzz kill. First the post indicating to mistercrowley that he ain't getting a PC copy of TWTTKH and now my book hasn't shipped.....

Glass half full tipp, glass half full.....

AKC

Haha....yeah, Tippy's all about taking the half-full glass and pouring it over your head, then breaking the glass on the ground and rubbing your face in the shards.

As for Crowley's PC question - it is definitley better to buy a numbered copy. Chances are that eventually they'll do another SK limited, even if it's not DT-related, and a number will guarantee that book.

[tippy4]

Just because your card was charged does not mean your book has shipped.

OK, consider it tempered excitement. Please allow me to enjoy the moment....

Buzz kill. First the post indicating to mistercrowley that he ain't getting a PC copy of TWTTKH and now my book hasn't shipped.....

Glass half full tipp, glass half full.....

AKC

Haha....yeah, Tippy's all about taking the half-full glass and pouring it over your head, then breaking the glass on the ground and rubbing your face in the shards.

As for Crowley's PC question - it is definitley better to buy a numbered copy. Chances are that eventually they'll do another SK limited, even if it's not DT-related, and a number will guarantee that book.

Sorry guys....sometimes I just have to be the voice of reality.

If your copy of IT had shipped, CD would have sent out a shipping notice.

[sgc1999]

if anyone has a lettered copy of the upcoming 25th ann "IT" , im looking for one. Thanks

[AKC]

if anyone has a lettered copy of the upcoming 25th ann "IT" , im looking for one. Thanks

DITTO.......should be able to get one on the secondary market around list price.....$2,000.

[sgc1999]

im hopeing

[Randall Flagg]

if anyone has a lettered copy of the upcoming 25th ann "IT" , im looking for one. Thanks

if anyone has a lettered copy of the upcoming 25th ann "IT" , im looking for one. Thanks

DITTO.......should be able to get one on the secondary market around list price.....$2,000.

im hopeing

Why would anyone other than a dealer who might have received a discount sell you the book for less than the $2K they paid for and it likely won't be delivered for a year or so?
CD will likely refund the $2K to anyone who has paid and asks for a refund.

[AKC]

My opinion is simply based on the historical lettered edition pricing over the course of the last year.

Secretary of Dreams Lettered Editions were released with a retail price of $1,500. Now they are being sold for $1,000 - $1,250 and the TDT members still can't move them....

WHEN they eventually come out, I just don't believe you will see the appreciation as aggressively as the #'d Editions....

Of course in my humble opinion only.....

[mistercrowley]

Why buy them then? Not being flippant, just curious

[carlosdetweiller]

I don't think the resale pricing will follow SOD for a couple of reasons. First, in my opinion, SOD 1 & 2 are hideous oversized books and I can't imagine anyone who owns the lettered copies actually counts them as prized collectibles. I've got mine packed away in a closet. Second, IT is a favorite (if not THE favorite) book of legions of King fans. From the pictures CD has posted so far it looks like it is going to be a very, very nice book. I think this one will be cherished by King fans and collectors for years, sort of like the S/L THE STAND.

Lettered SOD's. Beauties aren't they.

[Room 217 Caretaker]

But I think it's all in how you present them:



AKC- Is the DT member selling an actual Lettered copy or a PC copy. Big difference in value. My opinion also.

I am selling my Matching Lettered R set for actual publish price, and have announced that but that is only for members here to help a collection out. I don't think just because I've done that makes the value of that set not worth it. Again, I believe there is a difference in value of a PC vs actual lettered.

Mulleins

[carlosdetweiller]

I am selling my Matching Lettered R set for actual publish price.

Mulleins

I think the fact that you are selling them at all speaks for how highly you value them. Am I right or way off base?

[Rahfa]

If the list price was $2K, then I don't see it selling on secondary market for much more than $2250-$2400 or so - there just aren't that many collectors with the $$ AND who won't already have it.

The reason The Stand sells for so much is its had more than 20 years to climb in value...this lettered won't come out tomorrow and sell for $3K the day after; it just won't happen (except for the outlier sale).

But - unliked lettereds of Buick 8, and SOD, this is a classic that people might hang on to, so that will keep IT from dropping below issue price like those books.

[Room 217 Caretaker]

Way off base. I'm helping a family out that lost his job and has a family of four. I've talked him into starting his own landscape company and offering the books was the best way to get him some cash. So again, I do value them, but I value my friends more. This isn't a story I've yanked out of my rear, our very own Jerome can vouch that him and I talked about this sometime ago and the plan for me to do a special sale on DT to quickly move books to help the family out. With my new IT job I couldn't find the time to inventory everything I was selling.

That sell is still coming by the way.

Mulleins

[carlosdetweiller]

Way off base. I'm helping a family out that lost his job and has a family of four.
Mulleins

Good for you. Nice gesture.

[DanHocker]

I don't think the resale pricing will follow SOD for a couple of reasons. First, in my opinion, SOD 1 & 2 are hideous oversized books and I can't imagine anyone who owns the lettered copies actually counts them as prized collectibles. I've got mine packed away in a closet. Second, IT is a favorite (if not THE favorite) book of legions of King fans. From the pictures CD has posted so far it looks like it is going to be a very, very nice book. I think this one will be cherished by King fans and collectors for years, sort of like the S/L THE STAND.

Lettered SOD's. Beauties aren't they.

Maybe I'm off based / biased because I work for CD, but if you don't like the Lettered SOD books, why did you buy them? I don't know about anyone else, but I don't see much point in owning something that I don't like. Personally I love the SOD lettered editions, especially the books themselves. The leather binding is just awesome. I wish I had the money that I could have them sit in my collection.

[Brice]

Bob is a completist.

[carlosdetweiller]

Maybe I'm off based / biased because I work for CD, but if you don't like the Lettered SOD books, why did you buy them?

I'm just an insane completist. If it is a limited with King's signature I feel like I gotta have it in my collection. I like some items in my collection more than others.

[mistercrowley]

The insides of the traycases seem nice but the outer portion looks bland.

[Brice]

Off topic a bit...


Just curious: What is your least favorite item in your King collection, Bob?

[carlosdetweiller]

Off topic a bit...


Just curious: What is your least favorite item in your King collection, Bob?

Do you mean besides SOD 1 & 2?

[Brice]

Off topic a bit...


Just curious: What is your least favorite item in your King collection, Bob?

Do you mean besides SOD 1 & 2?

If that is your least favorite...yes. I meant overall any item...not necessarily a s/l or even a book. What is the lowest point of your collection?

[carlosdetweiller]

What is the lowest point of your collection?

Tough question. There are a couple of items that come to mind; neither of which were cheap.

I really hate the stainless steel Whitney Museum limited edition of MY PRETTY PONY. The illustrations don't seem to go with the story (at least to my mind's inner eye they don't) and it doesn't fit on any shelf because it is so big. So it sits in its original shipping box at the bottom of a closet. I can find no real justification for it ever being done in the first place.

The other is the Edition Phantasia edition of NEBEL. The illustrations do not match the story at all. I have no idea where they came from. It is perceived to be scarce so it sells for a lot but I don't like the book at all.

[Fsmdr]

What is the lowest point of your collection?

Tough question. There are a couple of items that come to mind; neither of which were cheap.

I really hate the stainless steel Whitney Museum limited edition of MY PRETTY PONY. The illustrations don't seem to go with the story (at least to my mind's inner eye they don't) and it doesn't fit on any shelf because it is so big. So it sits in its original shipping box at the bottom of a closet. I can find no real justification for it ever being done in the first place.

The other is the Edition Phantasia edition of NEBEL. The illustrations do not match the story at all. I have no idea where they came from. It is perceived to be scarce so it sells for a lot but I don't like the book at all.

What do you think of the Rainy Days S/L?. I have it stored in my closet.

[Randall Flagg]

We have a thread dedicated to discussing the worst item:
Worst S/L or Collectible Item Ever?

[Patrick]

Ralph, that is very cool what you're doing.

I have never seen the SOD Lettered editions in person, but I'm guessing from Bob's picture that the outside of the traycase is imprinted and it doesn't show up easily in photos.

I'd love a Lettered IT, but no way was that in my budget. I'm sure I'll be delighted with numbered edition however.