Current Market Value-Experts assess yours, or other's collectible King item

[Br!an]

$600-$650......

One just sold on eBay yesterday....

That was me... but I have an offer from someone who wants to buy it from me...
I wonder if there is a profit in there or not

You sniped me.

[herbertwest]

German "Es" bootleg???

$600-$650......

One just sold on eBay yesterday....

Yes, spot on as my records.

May I ask if you track the sales of every single limited eds in a spreadsheet?

[dnemec]

German "Es" bootleg???

$600-$650......

One just sold on eBay yesterday....

Yes, spot on as my records.

May I ask if you track the sales of every single limited eds in a spreadsheet?

I was wondering that too!!

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

My Pretty Pony S/L?

Betts sales:
My Pretty Pony Whitney Museum Limited edition. Limited to only 100 copies. This copy comes in its original shipping box PLUS a heavy stock brochure from the Whitney museum providing details of publication of this limited edition piece - $2,000
My Pretty Pony Whitney Museum Limited edition of 150 copies, signed (but not numbered) by Stephen King and Barbara Kruger; Whitney Museum - housed in Steel traycase and oversized. - $1800

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

May I ask if you track the sales of every single limited eds in a spreadsheet?

Of course you can ask.











No. Only Betts sales, and some ebay that might be worth tracking.

[TCCBodhi]

$600-$650......

One just sold on eBay yesterday....

That was me... but I have an offer from someone who wants to buy it from me...
I wonder if there is a profit in there or not

You sniped me.

I think it is much better to snipe with other savvy traders, rather than battling it out for a week in public, getting casual collector's interested and now THEY jump in and start OVERbidding. I think sniping it is the best way to get a deal, keeps the inexperienced from overinflating and gets the most correct value out of an auction. Believe me, I've lost MOST of them, but the ones that I have won with a snipe were some really nice things (not just books).

[biomieg]

I fully agree. I never understood the point of bidding wars.

[Br!an]

$600-$650......

One just sold on eBay yesterday....

That was me... but I have an offer from someone who wants to buy it from me...
I wonder if there is a profit in there or not

You sniped me.

I think it is much better to snipe with other savvy traders, rather than battling it out for a week in public, getting casual collector's interested and now THEY jump in and start OVERbidding. I think sniping it is the best way to get a deal, keeps the inexperienced from overinflating and gets the most correct value out of an auction. Believe me, I've lost MOST of them, but the ones that I have won with a snipe were some really nice things (not just books).

I agree.

I was only teasing Sebastian.

The irony is that he's sending the book to me to trans-ship it to him in Poland.

[herbertwest]

I fully agree. I never understood the point of bidding wars.

I am not really a collector from the point of view that I buy stuff that interest other peoples, so there is a bias there but I usually put a low bid before a snipe : so that it shows some people seem interested for the seller + I get notifications before it expires.
A low bid and not my actual bid may show another person interested in it that actually I may not be THAT interested and they may forget the auction.
Another thing that I do, is bidding an odd number of with cents : in order to go slightly beyond another person that would have put a lower even number.

The only issue is that if the seller feels that there isnt enough interest and if he get an offer off ebay... he may just take it.

[AstroDad]

Found this 1st Edition 2nd state Salem's Lot and was curious what value you guys would peg it at. It is a former library book complete with the card holder still intact. The dust jacket flaps are taped and likely also glued to the book. Otherwise it appears in pretty good shape.

Based on what you can see in these pics and assuming nothing else is wrong with it, where would you put it at? Thanks in advance.

[ke7285]

Don't know a value, but I drove by that library today, Southfield is a suburb of Detroit.

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

Found this 1st Edition 2nd state Salem's Lot and was curious what value you guys would peg it at. It is a former library book complete with the card holder still intact. The dust jacket flaps are taped and likely also glued to the book. Otherwise it appears in pretty good shape.

Based on what you can see in these pics and assuming nothing else is wrong with it, where would you put it at? Thanks in advance.

All the money is in the dust jacket as usual. This one is quite good condition. You can remove the sellotape carefully, and the card holder. New pastedowns are also easy to fit.
As it is now, I would say it is worth $450

[TCCBodhi]

How about 12.00 for a good 3rd printing Firestarter. Good deal? Perhaps 1st state DJ ($13.95).

[AstroDad]

All the money is in the dust jacket as usual. This one is quite good condition. You can remove the sellotape carefully, and the card holder. New pastedowns are also easy to fit.
As it is now, I would say it is worth $450

Thanks for giving that estimate. I grabbed it for $200 from an abebooks seller and should get it Monday. I knew it was a nice deal for a 2nd state but wasn't sure how much the library markings would decrease the value. Excited to have a 2nd state in my collection!

[jhanic]

All the money is in the dust jacket as usual. This one is quite good condition. You can remove the sellotape carefully, and the card holder. New pastedowns are also easy to fit.
As it is now, I would say it is worth $450

Thanks for giving that estimate. I grabbed it for $200 from an abebooks seller and should get it Monday. I knew it was a nice deal for a 2nd state but wasn't sure how much the library markings would decrease the value. Excited to have a 2nd state in my collection!

Sounds like a really decent deal to me. Congratulations!

John

[TCCBodhi]

How about 12.00 for a good 3rd printing Firestarter. Good deal? Perhaps 1st state DJ ($13.95).

After a bit of checking on Ebay, it's almost a wash I think, but $12 certainly wasn't very much risk. This will look good on my shelf until I get a better printing. I got a few others today in my book store search. I'll get pictures to share tomorrow when there is sunlight to help.

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

How about 12.00 for a good 3rd printing Firestarter. Good deal? Perhaps 1st state DJ ($13.95).

$12 for any hard back book is a fair price. A 3rd printing is not so desirable for collectors though.

[jon10g]

I think I've asked this before years ago but cannot remember the answer.
How much would a signed limited edition of the 999 anthology go for if signed by King as well?
Thanks

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

I think I've asked this before years ago but cannot remember the answer.
How much would a signed limited edition of the 999 anthology go for if signed by King as well?
Thanks

The last 2 sold at Betts without King's signature went for $125 each. Add $150? for a signature?

[Randall Flagg]

I'd say add $150-$200 for King's signature.

[Room 217 Caretaker]

Assuming the book and case has no issues, I would easily pay $375 for a S/L 999 with Kings signature at his name.

Mulleins

[jon10g]

Thanks Mr Rabbit Trick and RF.
PM sent to Room 217 Caretaker.

[TCCBodhi]

How about 12.00 for a good 3rd printing Firestarter. Good deal? Perhaps 1st state DJ ($13.95).

$12 for any hard back book is a fair price. A 3rd printing is not so desirable for collectors though.

Yes, I thought perhaps the DJ perhaps could be as a first state DJ, but though this one is good, I see better out there. I'll just use this as a nice placeholder on my own shelf I think. Even though it isn't a big win it's still a nice looking book that I didn't pay very much for at all. I'll get some pics over in New P&J later this afternoon.

[Cwalker]

I found a nice little item yesterday that got a little better when I got it home and while it may be fairly common, i would still like your value opinions.

Postscript #10 PS Publishing 2007 (F/HC/no DJ as issued)
First appearence of King's "Graduation Afternoon"
Also contains Joe Hill's "Thumbprint"
The bonus feature discovered after getting home was Joe's signature from '08.
This book came from the estate of a local (Maine) cartoonist/author named Jeff Pert who had a couple of Joe's sigs.

Other than a nice "cool" factor, was this much of a find? I paid $24, and it really is pretty much New condition

Thanks
Chris

[Br!an]

The book, without the signature, is worth what you paid for it.

I'd say with the signature it would be $50-$60.

So you did good!