Stephen King Collecting Questions

[Nerak]

Thanks Pam. I would trade the entire SK book collection for all my personal stuff back. I can never replace my family history albums, my kids memory boxes with their hospital bracelets and hair from their first haircuts. It's strange that she keeps the book collection and ditches the personal stuff.

[Sir_Boomme]

well, just read this entire thread...
first of all, i'm turning karen over my knee and paddling her for putting stephen king in storage!

now that THAT's done...
karen, sorry you're going through this- what i've seen in cases like this unfortunately ... when items in storage units,apartments/houses, or repo'd cars are confiscated - the personal items like pictures, memory boxes, etc (things that have value only to the orginal owner) are usually thrown in the trash as soon as the law allows (many times sooner). only the goods that might be resold are kept.
sadly, i have a feeling the city dump is where all those things you treasured most are.

it saddens me deeply you'll probably never see these items again. i'd be devastated.
i'm glad you got back some of your items... but jeez, what a bummer.

and a $4000.00 settlement ?... wouldn't cover the top shelf of one of my bookcases.
my opinion, the lawyer is obviously not really looking out for your best interest... just looking to settle quickly .

[Dolan]

Thanks Pam. I would trade the entire SK book collection for all my personal stuff back. I can never replace my family history albums, my kids memory boxes with their hospital bracelets and hair from their first haircuts. It's strange that she keeps the book collection and ditches the personal stuff.

That's exactly what I thought K...

Aye... I'm thinking of you my love

[Rahfa]

Did she ever have them? What was the chain of ownership you're stuff supposedly went through before ending up in her hands?

[Nerak]

Nathan, it was in the unit, they cut the lock, took pictures (which I haven't gotten) did "inventory" (which consisted of them checking off baby stuff and radio on an inventory sheet, put their lock back on it. On the day of auction, they opened it for the buyer to see it. It was sold and the buyer had 48 hours to clear it out. They had it cleaned out by the end of the weekend. SO they had everything in the unit.

Terry, the rules of the auction house (which the buyer went through, are they have 10 days to return all personal items) which they didn't do. And thanks for spanking me, I quite enjoyed it. And when you go from a three bedroom mobile, to a 4 bedroom apt to a VERY SMALL three bedroom apt, something needs to go into storage. My choice was the books, since I couldn't put the kid in there!!! lol

As for my lawyer, he's working for free, cause he's pissed at the storage company! But if he's pissed, he should be fighting for me! right????

Kenny, my love, Thanks!

[herbertwest]

For the Illustrations Catalog :

o DOLORES CLAIBORNE, ARC : US one (?) is illustrated
the UK edition is illustrated... but didnt know about the american one?

o GERALD'S GAME : the american proof (ABA) is apparently illustrated by Bill Russell.

if anyone have some pictures/ scans of the illustrations to share, it would be nice :-)

[Dolan]

Herbert - I just checked both books (US editions) and I didn't see any illustrations. I did go through them fairly quick, though.

[jhanic]

I'll have to check my copies, but I don't remember any illustrations in either edition.

John

[Randall Flagg]

For the Illustrations Catalog :

o DOLORES CLAIBORNE, ARC : US one (?) is illustrated
the UK edition is illustrated... but didnt know about the american one?

o GERALD'S GAME : the american proof (ABA) is apparently illustrated by Bill Russell.

if anyone have some pictures/ scans of the illustrations to share, it would be nice :-)

I love additional info.
The Us edition of Dolores Claiborne as well as Gerald's Game have rather intricate black and white artwork, similar to a woodblock engraving. This follows the Copyright and intro page.The Catalog will be corrected to reflect that:
Both copies have a map showing Maine and the path of total solar eclipse having occurred July 20, 1963. (Interesting).

Artist: Bill Russell.
Jacket design by Neil Stuart. Jacket illustrations by Rob Wood; Stansbury, Rosanville , Wood Inc. Title lettering by Brian Thomas Merrill.
Publisher: Viking

Chapter breaks also feature small pictures (B&W) of a woodblock picture style.

Note: Not from the book itself:

[herbertwest]

Herbert - I just checked both books (US editions) and I didn't see any illustrations. I did go through them fairly quick, though.

yeah, but the proofs maybe? and then wasnt used? dunno. i asked the sellers anyway

[Dolan]

I checked the Dolores US proof and the Gerald's ABA edition. No illustrations...

[Rahfa]

Yeah, but a pissed lawyer working for free is quite a bit less effective than a calm, objective lawyer working a payday.

[herbertwest]

hmm ok
thanks :-)

[Dolan]

I checked the Dolores US proof and the Gerald's ABA edition. No illustrations...

But it DOES have the "artwork" that Randall has detailed above. I didn't really think of that as illustration - so my apologies.

[herbertwest]

For the Illustrations Catalog :

o DOLORES CLAIBORNE, ARC : US one (?) is illustrated
the UK edition is illustrated... but didnt know about the american one?

o GERALD'S GAME : the american proof (ABA) is apparently illustrated by Bill Russell.

if anyone have some pictures/ scans of the illustrations to share, it would be nice :-)

I love additional info.
The Us edition of Dolores Claiborne as well as Gerald's Game have rather intricate black and white artwork, similar to a woodblock engraving. This follows the Copyright and intro page.The Catalog will be corrected to reflect that:
Both copies have a map showing Maine and the path of total solar eclipse having occurred July 20, 1963. (Interesting).

Artist: Bill Russell.
Jacket design by Neil Stuart. Jacket illustrations by Rob Wood; Stansbury, Rosanville , Wood Inc. Title lettering by Brian Thomas Merrill.
Publisher: Viking

Chapter breaks also feature small pictures (B&W) of a woodblock picture style.

Note: Not from the book itself:

thanks.
can u please update the catalog? can u take pix?

[Nerak]

I know, but when you are broke, you kinda take what you can get! LOL He said that I am free to seek other counsel. I am waiting to hear what their insurance company has to offer before I do anything else.

[turtlex]

Karen - Gosh, for sure nothing can replace those personal things that you lost. I'm just glad you got something back.

[Sir_Boomme]

Terry, the rules of the auction house (which the buyer went through, are they have 10 days to return all personal items) which they didn't do. And thanks for spanking me, I quite enjoyed it. And when you go from a three bedroom mobile, to a 4 bedroom apt to a VERY SMALL three bedroom apt, something needs to go into storage. My choice was the books, since I couldn't put the kid in there!!! lol
!

don't you know... ALWAYS put kids in storage before putting your king collection in storage(especially true if they're teenagers).... people always return the kids.(unfortunately)

even college age kids are better to put in storage than your king collection... they'll return on their own... again, and again, and again....

[Nerak]

Terry, unfortunately, mine were 9, 6 and 1 when I opened the unit..they wouldn't have been too happy about being there!'


And I regret putting the personal stuff in there more than the books.

Well..the one book that I wanted back but didn't get, my signed Harry Potter and THBP from Harry, Carrie and Garp.

[LadyHitchhiker]

Looking for a hard cover copy of the Stand. Are they pretty expensive and hard to find? The only one I saw, was the one that I MAY be able to get through my book store. It's $50 but I could get 30% off because I work there. Is that a good deal? And since it was published in 1990, does that mean it is the unabridged version or the abridged version?

I've just spent so much money buying paperback after paperback - I keep wearing them out - that I thought it would be a good investment to finally get the HC.

[CRinVA]

If it was published in 1990 it is the unabridged version. Is it a black dust jacket or a white one - the white is a Grammercy Press Re Issue that actually came out much later. Is it a first edition - it should say First Trade Edition May 1990 on the bottom of the copywrite page. I do not think that $35 is all that much if its a first and in very fine condition. No markings inside, no dog ears, no rips in the dustjacket, no bumps, no brusies, etc. ! :-)

[Sam]

If it was published in 1990, it's most likely the unedited version. I would get it if I were you. 15% of of $50 brings the total to $35 and that's about what you'd pay for a current hardcover if you found one. Just my thoughts mind you.

[LadyHitchhiker]

I mean I've worn out 7 copies of the Stand so far. Let's say I spent 7 bucks on them (just for arguments sake). That's 49 dollars right there! So I figure it's a great long term investment. I never ever ever buy hardcovers usually because they're a lot of money and Linus and Mandarin used to chew up my hardcovers.

This would be a brand new copy so I'll see if I can order it and if it'll come in and then put it in my tupperware with the very few hcs I have.

It will be new if I can get a hold of it through our ordering... We'll have to see if we can get it!

[jhanic]

LadyH, if you have an eBay account, you can get a hardcover Stand for less than $10!

http://books.shop.ebay.com/Books-/26...&_sop=15&_sc=1

John

[Sam]

Liz, take your books out of the tupperware and put them on a bookshelf. If moisture ever were to get in the tupperware, the books would be ruined.