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For those who have sold their collection and put it back together
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Last edited by Kingfan24; 03-19-2021 at 08:22 PM.
Hard, if you're selling obscure stuff. I sold off major portions of my collection two or three times (I had legitimate reasons to do so) but I really underestimated how hard it would be to find some items again. There are at least fifteen things I once owned I'll probably never get back in my collection again.
It will be easier if you're only looking to sell (and later buy) S/Ls and trade editions. Those are always for sale. But proofs, pre-Carrie publications and stuff like that... those can be hard to find again....
Or do you mean whether or not it will be difficult (mentally) to invest the same amount of time, energy and money again after you let go of your collection?
Easy.
I sold off everything I had. Started again in 2005 just as the prices dropped. Saved a fortune.
Now I have a decent collection for a fraction of what most of the other collectors paid...
My Stephen King Book Collection
I sold my copy of Fuel of Tender Years signed by King and Froehlich to Chris Cavalier and regretted it ever since. Good thing I was able to buy it back from Betts!!
I sold my Lt. Rap years ago and regretted it ever since. Just bought it back from the ebay super-collection!
John
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eBay super-collection?
What is that?Originally Posted by biomieg
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Sounds like a mega-auction of someone's nearly entire SK collection. Shudder to think how much THAT came up to!
Im in. lolSounds like a mega-auction of someone's nearly entire SK collection. Shudder to think how much THAT came up to!
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First of all-great topic. I know someday I will sell my books(hope it is not for a while) but that day will come for most of us.
There are things, maybe each of us have, that would be almost impossible to get ever again.
I think it would be tough to get everything back but having not had to sell off everything yet, I can not relate to it.
There are just some things that are extremely rare to find-certain proofs, manuscripts etc for sure or a special signed "To Mike" book etc.
With the amount of items I have, selling them all would be a long and tough ordeal.
Glad I'm not there yet...
No idea, John mentioned it in the post directly above mine.
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It was easy for me... kinda. I had all of SK's books with a few exceptions as paperbacks until we lost our house to a split tree during hurricane Irene. I used some of the rebuild money from the insurance payout to replace everything into hardback (I had several of the newer releases in HB and they happened to be stored away from the house, including my DT series artist editions, yay!), and was able to put together a fine collection. I know several of the older books are BCE's, but it just looks better seeing them on the shelf in the original dustjackets to me.
My two-cents.
Well, yes, that's what it sounds like. But I can't find anything pointing to it, much less towards the sale of a copy of New Lieutenant's Rap. I fully trust John but the only super collection that is currently for sale that I know of is Grant's, at Betts. Hence my question.
I thought it might be Gerald's, but so far he has only sold 2 pieces I believe, neither of which was a NLR.
"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
Me too. I was also thinking that. I think he just tested the Ebay market. I belive (and I may be wrong) he has not 100% decided what to do. If I could have my pick (and that counts for shit) I would like to see him use Bett's. David is so good at what he does... and it would make it much less stressful for Gerald. There is so much he has I want.lolI thought it might be Gerald's, but so far he has only sold 2 pieces I believe, neither of which was a NLR.
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ive had to do this three times. of course only pieces of my collection. But I REALLY miss some of the pieces I had to sell after 2008 economy collapse
It was the big auction of items that was online about a month ago and then ended early. It was posted here in the auction category. It was close to 5K for the lot. I didn't buy the entire lot but I made a good offer on a number of the pieces driven by my poor choice to sell the Lt years ago. Either way, I realize I led us all of topic. Mike, I too like you would have a tough time selling stuff. Anybody interested in the Tommyknockers typewriter from the film??? thought so LOL!
John
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Everything I had is gone now, except for a signed/limited of THE SHINING. I can't regret, since it took my family through some tough times, but I expect that rebuilding will take a lot more (money) than it took to assemble the collection in the first place. Interested in this and will probably start a Collection thread with Piece #2.
Question for everyone out here. David @ Bett's just said another "revision" coming and to stay tuned,....... meaning he is getting ready to lower the prices on Bad Penny's stuff again is what I see. From what he paid for stuff and what it has sold for and is being sold for... you all think he will:
A) Break even
B) Make money
C) Lose money
I was thinking a D... cause he was so into Glenn and a lot of that stuff has no value. Just started pondering that. I mean I know he made some money but he has got to be losing a lot now eh?
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Don't see an option D.
I was saying I was going to add it.. I take it I should have. hahaDon't see an option D.
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Fixed that for ya!
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Where did he say that?
It's impossible to say without more information. Some of his collection will bring more than he paid and some less.
That said I would imagine that he is going to lose money. He has to pay David his fee. He had to have the items shipped to him originally and now ship them again. Even if he sold them for what he paid, he would lose money just because of that.
I'm sure he didn't pay full market price for all of those Chadbourne remarques. Glenn was hooking up his best customer for sure. There may be enough added value there to balance other losses. I'm not quite sure what you meant by "has no value."
"One day you're going to figure out that everything they taught you was a lie."
He updated his site this am. I am "assuming" he is lowering the remaining stuff again. I imagine Grant sure took a hit on the shipping. That sucks. I was just thinking about him this am after seeing that post and then I seen this thread and thought I would see what the community thought. I personally do not mind Glenn's work for the record and some of it is pretty cool... there is just soooo much of it. He pumps it out like a machine. Supply n Demand...Where did he say that?
It's impossible to say without more information. Some of his collection will bring more than he paid and some less.
That said I would imagine that he is going to lose money. He has to pay David his fee. He had to have the items shipped to him originally and now ship them again. Even if he sold them for what he paid, he would lose money just because of that.
I'm sure he didn't pay full market price for all of those Chadbourne remarques. Glenn was hooking up his best customer for sure. There may be enough added value there to balance other losses. I'm not quite sure what you meant by "has no value."
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I agree with the fact that because there are a lot of Chadbourne pieces it could seem to devalue their "worth." But who knows? Original Art is not really a short term game. Just take a look at what silver and bronze age comic book pages are selling for now. In the short term, the very artists themselves sold them for pittances (and sometimes ended up penniless as well, later in life) and now those pages go for 20K and up.He updated his site this am. I am "assuming" he is lowering the remaining stuff again. I imagine Grant sure took a hit on the shipping. That sucks. I was just thinking about him this am after seeing that post and then I seen this thread and thought I would see what the community thought. I personally do not mind Glenn's work for the record and some of it is pretty cool... there is just soooo much of it. He pumps it out like a machine. Supply n Demand...Where did he say that?
It's impossible to say without more information. Some of his collection will bring more than he paid and some less.
That said I would imagine that he is going to lose money. He has to pay David his fee. He had to have the items shipped to him originally and now ship them again. Even if he sold them for what he paid, he would lose money just because of that.
I'm sure he didn't pay full market price for all of those Chadbourne remarques. Glenn was hooking up his best customer for sure. There may be enough added value there to balance other losses. I'm not quite sure what you meant by "has no value."
The rule with art is buy what you like, try not to overspend and hold on to them for a while.
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