It looks like a smudge to me. I'd ask the seller to clarify. Even though the seller does not accept returns, if he/she attests that it isn't written in, and upon receipt you determine it is a fraud, you likely would be entitled to a refund.
Looks like too much trouble for anything more than $99.
Yeah, even if it is just a smudge, I think I'll wait...SOMEDAY I'll find a BB 1st in my price range!
~Jonathan
I contacted the seller and they said they couldn't be sure what it was, which is why they were selling it from their collection.
I don't think I'll touch it.
That answer means caveat emptor.Originally Posted by Rob
Almost looks like it was typed in somehow. Very strange. There's better copies to be had with the DJ in that condition IMO even if it didn't have the '1' issue.
You don't know my kind.....You don't my mind.....Dark necessities are part of my design.....
Exactly right, Buyer Beware.That answer means caveat emptor.
The seller told me he's selling it "because I too am uncomfortable with how it looks in my collection".
If we are questioning it as a group now, it will also be questioned in the future if it ever comes up for sale again. Legit or not, it's not worth the headache. JMO
Mulleins
I'm the caretaker of Room 217..............I've always been the caretaker of Room 217
Definitely written in. Here is a photo of a 2nd edition that confirms that they leave a space where the 1 should be:
"A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King
Thoughts? I think fake
Yep, I agree no good.
I agree too. No good.
Nauseating.
Thanks team
Not eBay, but an online auction house. Main Street Mining Company in Ft. Worth, Texas.
It already has one bid @$70
I'm thinking of telling the seller it's fake, but I'm not sure they'll appreciate the gesture.
"One day you're going to figure out that everything they taught you was a lie."
I would... see his reaction... it is SO fake... send him a pic of a good oneNot eBay, but an online auction house. Main Street Mining Company in Ft. Worth, Texas.
It already has one bid @$70
I'm thinking of telling the seller it's fake, but I'm not sure they'll appreciate the gesture.
HELP ME FIND
Insomnia #459
ANY S/L #459
I would... see his reaction... it is SO fake... send him a pic of a good oneNot eBay, but an online auction house. Main Street Mining Company in Ft. Worth, Texas.
It already has one bid @$70
I'm thinking of telling the seller it's fake, but I'm not sure they'll appreciate the gesture.
When telling him that it's fake, also point out that the person who forged it cannot spell either....
"To my biggist fan" LMAO!
I'll be devil's advocate and say that sig doesn't horrify me.
HOWEVER - I do think I see hesitation at the 'g' loop. I'd never buy it, but I'm not personally ready to declare it a definite fake. Probably? Yes. Definite? Not there.
But - I'm sure I'm totally in the minority as I should be.
There is no question in my mind that is a fake signature. Not even a good fake... Surprised anyone would say otherwise.
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HELP ME FIND
Insomnia #459
ANY S/L #459
The inscription looks all wrong for his handwriting too.
I don't buy the inscription -- it appears to be added after the fact. But the "Stephen King" is not THAT bad. There is no dot above the I in "King" but I'd want to compare similar inscriptions before I'd be ready to tell this seller that it's fake. I'd also like to know if there is any provenance associated with the book/signature/inscription. Maybe there is a reason for the sloppiness and the inconsistencies in the penmanship. Regarding the spelling of "biggest," I, too, thought that it was misspelled. However, I only see one dot and the position of the dot is not that unusual for many people's penmanship. All in all, we've seen worse...and I would own this ONLY if I had iron-clad proof that this was legitimate.
John
He could of signed it after his accident, in the hospital on meds. i hated the sig at first, but now..........
There is just too much wrong.
As Bob pointed out, it is King's practice to write "For" rather than "To." Why write "To My biggest fan" in Pet Semetary? "My" is capitalized. "Biggest" is just a mess. The angle(s) are wrong. There aren't enough peaks at the end of Stephen. The i in King isn't dotted. The g shows hesitation. The last name is truncated; something he didn't normally do until 2002 or so.
I suppose someone could have asked for that inscription and then held the book for him to sign "after his accident, in the hospital on meds." That would explain the shaky writing, the bad angle and the odd inscription. It doesn't explain everything though.
"One day you're going to figure out that everything they taught you was a lie."
Not to mention the direction of the angle is completely wrong.
WANTED:
Lettered Danse Macabre
Marshroots
Lettered Eyes Of The Dragon
Lettered The Stand
BOMC signed Full Dark No Stars
MM AGOT #249
Lettered Frankenstein
The whole thing just looks terrible to me.
Even though I'm not calling this a clear-cut, absolute, no-doubt fake, it's the loop in the G that kills it for me - I don't like any of it, but that's the most fatal flaw. Looks like a careful hesitation.
And Brian/Bob raised some good points about the inscription. Obviously nobody should buy it.
I agree with everything that's been said...but I'd still like to know where the seller got this copy.
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