Stephen King Collecting Questions

[The Library Policeman]

I don't really get why people get wound up by it to be honest. If you don't like a certain book or price of a certain book you simply don't buy it. There are certain King books I know I will never own. I'd like to own them but barring a lottery win I never will. I already own expensive (for me) books that non collectors would shake their heads in disbelief at the price paid for them. I would buy a lettered Carrie tomorrow if I could afford one but I can't - and to those that can and are willing to pay the price asked for one I say good luck to them!

I don't NEED another version of 'Salem's Lot for example. I have the Centipede Press S/L and Gift editions as it is, but I've ordered both the PS and Cemetery Dance anniversary editions because I can afford them and I want them. I'll probably never own a Centipede Press lettered (or equivalent of) 'Salem's due to price, but I can live with that.

If lettered books get to a price where even people who can afford them won't pay the price asked, then that's when they are overpriced in my opinion. I'd love nothing more than to be able to be a Stephen King completist but I never will be able to be one. I already have a collecting illness as it is without being a completist!

[Brian James Freeman]

I already have a collecting illness as it is without being a completist!

This should probably be put on a t-shirt, ha!

Brian

[jhanic]

I don't really get why people get wound up by it to be honest. If you don't like a certain book or price of a certain book you simply don't buy it. There are certain King books I know I will never own. I'd like to own them but barring a lottery win I never will. I already own expensive (for me) books that non collectors would shake their heads in disbelief at the price paid for them. I would buy a lettered Carrie tomorrow if I could afford one but I can't - and to those that can and are willing to pay the price asked for one I say good luck to them!

I don't NEED another version of 'Salem's Lot for example. I have the Centipede Press S/L and Gift editions as it is, but I've ordered both the PS and Cemetery Dance anniversary editions because I can afford them and I want them. I'll probably never own a Centipede Press lettered (or equivalent of) 'Salem's due to price, but I can live with that.

If lettered books get to a price where even people who can afford them won't pay the price asked, then that's when they are overpriced in my opinion. I'd love nothing more than to be able to be a Stephen King completist but I never will be able to be one. I already have a collecting illness as it is without being a completist!

Well said. This is just the way I feel also.

John

[biomieg]

Me too.

[DanaR]

I may get the PS editions at some point, but they're not high on my list, I was underwhelmed by them.

My suspected OCD urges me to collect everything, but my checking account tells me to get real. However, I would give my left tit for a Centipede Salem's Lot.

[webstar1000]

I may get the PS editions at some point, but they're not high on my list, I was underwhelmed by them.

My suspected OCD urges me to collect everything, but my checking account tells me to get real. However, I would give my left tit for a Centipede Salem's Lot.

Lol

[DanaR]

Which is better - a Legacies Lettered "PC", or a Legacies S/L? I know for collecting purposes that PC copies aren't considered as valuable, but this particular lettered version is bound in black leather vs. the blue "whatever" the limited is. I'm really on the fence...

Which is better?

The Lettered edition is a nicer book than the S/L. It is also more valuable.

http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/...Legacies+-+S+L

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There are exceptions but usually a PC copy of a book is worth slightly less than a comparable numbered or lettered copy.

Yeah, I think I'm going with the lettered, it's just a nicer book, even though it's a PC. It's not like I'm planning on selling my collection anyway.

[Br!an]

I may get the PS editions at some point, but they're not high on my list, I was underwhelmed by them.

My suspected OCD urges me to collect everything, but my checking account tells me to get real. However, I would give my left tit for a Centipede Salem's Lot.

Throw in a right tit and you've got a deal.

My OCD needs the pair!

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

Collectors of Stephen King signed limited editions will have an incomplete collection without the PS signed Carrie!




So there....

[DanaR]

I may get the PS editions at some point, but they're not high on my list, I was underwhelmed by them.

My suspected OCD urges me to collect everything, but my checking account tells me to get real. However, I would give my left tit for a Centipede Salem's Lot.

Throw in a right tit and you've got a deal.

My OCD needs the pair!

[webstar1000]

Collectors of Stephen King signed limited editions will have an incomplete collection without the

So there....

Who cares? Sorry Alan. The book will never see my hard earned cash unless it's less than half issue price.

[allasorte]

Collectors of Stephen King signed limited editions will have an incomplete collection without the

So there....

Who cares? Sorry Alan. The book will never see my hard earned cash unless it's less than half issue price.

Just for you lol
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Stephen-King...p2056016.l4276

[AKC]

You have got to be kidding me.....What a joke.

$11,760

STUPID

[allasorte]

You have got to be kidding me.....What a joke.

$11,760

STUPID

hahaha. Why I posted it for Webstar. Half off times 4 lol.

[TCCBodhi]

Crazy! I don't even know what to say to this.

[sharki69]

$38 shipping kills the deal. I'll pass.

[Ari_Racing]

So with that money I'd probably be able to buy two lettered regulators...

[bdwyer19]

$38 shipping kills the deal. I'll pass.

Ha!!

[jsmcmullen92]

Collectors of Stephen King signed limited editions will have an incomplete collection without the

So there....

Who cares? Sorry Alan. The book will never see my hard earned cash unless it's less than half issue price.

Just for you lol
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Stephen-King...p2056016.l4276

From the auction:
"Up for auction is the HOLY GRAIL of Stephen King collectables."
"This is by far the rarest Stephen King signed limited edition ever published. Here is your chance to own a piece history."

I wish there was a report for being a douche button

[webstar1000]

What a croc. Where do I begin? Maybe he should sell it back to PS? They love crazy, outrageous prices

[Brian James Freeman]

$38 shipping kills the deal. I'll pass.

[firemonkey66]

Is it unusual for a signed/limited Dark Tower III The Waste Lands to have the limitation number written in marker or flare pen, whichever this is?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/the-dark-tow...0AAOSw9r1V-dYU

I've looked at all the other copies of this book on ebay and they're all written in regular pen, but King's signature varies in it's ink color between these copies as well (I saw at least one that was in red ink). I don't own any of the S/L Dark Tower books (yet), so I'm curious. Thanks for any help.

[Merlin1958]

Is it unusual for a signed/limited Dark Tower III The Waste Lands to have the limitation number written in marker or flare pen, whichever this is?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/the-dark-tow...0AAOSw9r1V-dYU

I've looked at all the other copies of this book on ebay and they're all written in regular pen, but King's signature varies in it's ink color between these copies as well (I saw at least one that was in red ink). I don't own any of the S/L Dark Tower books (yet), so I'm curious. Thanks for any help.

Perhaps it was a "PC Replacement" of a book originally damaged in transit? May be worth asking the seller.

[firemonkey66]

Is it unusual for a signed/limited Dark Tower III The Waste Lands to have the limitation number written in marker or flare pen, whichever this is?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/the-dark-tow...0AAOSw9r1V-dYU

I've looked at all the other copies of this book on ebay and they're all written in regular pen, but King's signature varies in it's ink color between these copies as well (I saw at least one that was in red ink). I don't own any of the S/L Dark Tower books (yet), so I'm curious. Thanks for any help.

Perhaps it was a "PC Replacement" of a book originally damaged in transit? May be worth asking the seller.

LOL, I don't think I should. If I spend anymore money on books this month, I'm pretty sure my wife will divorce me. I showed her the book in question and she gave me the evilest eye I've seen in a while... Plus, with Betts opening back up this week, you never know what sort of expenses will unexpectedly pop up!

[Randall Flagg]

Is it unusual for a signed/limited Dark Tower III The Waste Lands to have the limitation number written in marker or flare pen, whichever this is?

Very unusual.