:facepalm:Originally Posted by stroppygoblin
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I am surprised it wasn't just a handshake deal
“Perhaps I am simply a madman who dreamt of being sane for a little while.”
— Roland Deschain
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!!!
I didn't mean to have a hand in all this...
Hand to God, it wasn't her fault!!!
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
I going to low ball an offer in an attempt to get a "5 finger" discount.
Gimmee five, my brutha!!!
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
I suspect the seller is looking for a more handsome offer...
...Right! (rolls up his sleeves and throws down the Gauntlet…)
I don’t want to seem off-hand about this, bite the hand that feeds me or even point any fingers, but it’s now all hands on deck. Now, normally I’m a dab hand at these kind of puns and don’t mind getting my hands dirty, however the recent puns from other members has forced me to give a guiding hand.
It seems to me, the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing so I’d like to lend a hand and though I don’t want to be left with blood on my hands, it seems I am going to have to be heavy handed over this. I don’t want to over play my hand, but on the other hand i do know this game like the back of my hand and am going to take the law into my own hands.
As we know, the Devil makes work for idle hands and it’s better to have your hands full and have a hands on attitude. Be assured you are in safe hands. (please raise your hand if you need to interrupt me)
Having now gained the upper hand, I’d like to hand off to the next person. Let’s have a show of hands who thinks this nonsense should stop.
"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
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You've got to hand it to him!
I'd buy it if it didn't cost an arm and a leg...
It's only a fistful of dollars...
One Of A Kind King Items...or Rarely If Ever Seen
Hi Everyone!
Your Caretaker from Betts here. I know I hardly get over here any more and for that I say sorry wholeheartedly.
Maybe (hopefully NOT) this new thread is found already here but I did not see such so I decided to start a new thread. This thread is meant to showcase for all collectors, big and small, some of the more rare, or even one-of-a-kind items in the King collecting world.
I am fortunate enough to have been seriously collecting King for 20 years now, maybe more, and have been Caretaker at Betts for 5+ years (really? YES!). Over the years, I have been able to acquire some truly rare collectibles and I wanted have a thread that showcases stuff that you just never see. I have a fairly long list of items that I think are super rare, maybe even unparalleled in the King collectors market, but my time is short so maybe I will just kick off with three items.
#1 Orange Gunslinger Proof - SIGNED - as far as I know this is the only signed copy in the world. This is the Plume Proof of the Gunslinger. I do not think anyone knows for sure how many copies of the Orange proof exist but I think it is 10 or fewer. I know one proof collector who has been looking for one for at least 10 years!
#2 Earliest signed copy of Salem's Lot 1st edition known. Salem's Lot was published on October 19, 1975. I acquired a copy a year ago that I believe to be the earliest signed copy ever. This copy is inscribed to Flip and Karen....Flip was King's roomie in college and this book is dated October 3, 1975, fully 2 weeks before publication. It is the only pre-publication signed copy I've ever seen.
#3 Original Salem's Lot complete package that was owned by publisher Jerad Walters. I acquired this package roughly one year ago and this is truly a one-of-a-kind item! It includes a Lettered Salem's Lot in traycase (no letter, just a blank space), a full set of the individual illustrations; ALL the original correspondence between Jerad, his lawyer and King's lawyer getting permission to publish the book etc.; a hand written letter from Stephen King to Jerad praising Jerad for the book; a slipcased edition of Stephen King Interviews (I am told only 10 were made); and finally...this has NEVER been seen before....the hardcover pitchbook that Jerad and photographer J.K. Potter put together to try to sell King on letting them do a Shining signed limited edition. There were 4 pitchbooks created...one for Jerad, one for Potter, one for King's lawyer and one for King himself. This obviously was Jerad's copy and this package is the COMPLETE Salem's Lot, only one of its kind.
Sample of original correspondence (numerous pieces):
Original hand-written letter from King...altered to protect myself.
Pitchbook Shining cover...art by JK Potter
I have more items that I hope to show later such as:
**a Lettered 999 copy SIGNED by Stephen King. This was his anesthesiologist's copy after King's accident, this guy got King to sign his lettered copy...only one signed as far as I know.
**I own UK Prime Evil #1...this was Tom Canty's copy...he designed the book and traycase.
** Dark Tower VII UK Proof...SIGNED, only one in world signed I believe...these proofs are exceedingly rare unsigned.
**Viking Gunslinger Proof SIGNED.....again unsigned proof is exceedingly rare.
** I own a UK Stand 1st edition inscribed to an employee of the publisher at the party held on the night of publication in the UK.
Looking forward to seeing other collectors' rarities....this thread will likely be OWNED by carlosdetweiller!!
Dragline : Nothin'. A handful of nothin'. You stupid mullet head. He beat you with nothin'. Just like today when he kept comin' back at me - with nothin'.
Luke : Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
I already screwed the title...should be One of a Kind..not Of Of
Jerome can you fix?
Dragline : Nothin'. A handful of nothin'. You stupid mullet head. He beat you with nothin'. Just like today when he kept comin' back at me - with nothin'.
Luke : Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
Great topic, thanks for starting it and sharing your One of a Kinds
“Perhaps I am simply a madman who dreamt of being sane for a little while.”
— Roland Deschain
Very nice David!!!!
You know I like the 'Salem's Lot Set!!!!
Thanks for starting a thread that will make many of us jealous!!I think it's a great idea David... Over the past 12 months or so, as I've been reading old forum posts that were published before I joined, I've bookmarked so many "one-of-a-kind" or very rare items. Most were from Bob of course, but I know there's other members who have very rare items.
So hopefully those folks will share some pictures..there's a bunch of unique items out there from what I've seen in past threads.
Nice work!!
Yea, thanks David. Now I'll get to look on in envy of all of you. I'll have to make this the "if I ever win the lottery" thread.
Great items, David! Wow, that handwritten letter to Jerad Walters praising the job he did on the limited edition of 'Salem's Lot is really something. King seems really two-faced about this. Praising the heck out of Jerad's work in the personal letter and then totally dissing both Jerad and the book in later interviews. Leaves me scratching my head over this and angrier than ever over the way King later criticized Jerad in such a mean-spirited way.
I thought the same thing... Was always under the assumption that King hated that book...
HELP ME FIND
Insomnia #459
ANY S/L #459
Bob do you think it was a case of him genuinely feeling the way he did in that letter, but then as time went by, his philosophy or opinion about this sort of thing somehow shifted... or something happened to change his mind.. I'd imagine there was a number of years between when he wrote that letter of praise, and when he said what he said in interviews...
BTW this is now on my Grail list. One can hope.
Pitchbook Shining cover...art by JK Potter
“Perhaps I am simply a madman who dreamt of being sane for a little while.”
— Roland Deschain
Fantastic idea for a thread. thanks for uploading the pics, I look forward to more.
We all know how snarky SK can be - I think the controversey about the "Salem's Lot" book was just a case of an interview question and him having that book in his head so he used it as an example...I don't think it was his real feeling - I think the letter was - but he wanted to make a point and used the easiest memory as his go-to.
As for items - I have a looseleaf set of publisher's proofs of DTVII authenticated by Robert at Grant.
It predates the printed book by about four months, and is the earliest possible copy - it's literally a pile of printed pages, not a book.
And - randomly, I have a book "Modern Masters of Horror," which contains "The Monkey." It was signed in 1983, and I have to think it's almost unique because it's such a random, long out-of-print anthology for somebody to have gotten signed.
I'm just hoping that you guys and gals consider what I do post to be worthy of inclusion in this thread.
Some heavy-hitting items in here!
David, you are indeed the man!!! Amazing collectible's!!!
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
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