Thanks guys!
bdwyer19,
Are you looking at two books that came from the same place as the Dark Tower books I bought? If so, they are from the same collection, so I'm guessing the signatures are good. Wish I would have checked them out today - could have sent some pics. The books themselves looked to be in great shape at first glance, though again I didn't look closely. Let us know if you go for them!
I've more than spent my budget for the time being. Now need to offload a few books to make back a bit of....
Thank you! I actually already have them - bought in person today, and will gladly post some pics (is this my 5th post yet!?). For a noob, what is P&J? Will get working on a collection page too. I have a few great signatures, and some horrible ones I bought on ebay before knowing...well, anything.
P&J=New Pride & Joy Thread here: New Pride & Joy
It's just as important to share our mishaps as well as our scores. Save someone else some heartache down the line.
You don't know my kind.....You don't my mind.....Dark necessities are part of my design.....
I've gone back in the thread, trying to find values of the individual U.K. Bachman Books, but am coming up empty. Could someone assist with prices?
What's a Wolves of the Calla S/L worth?
Wish List
Christine S/L
“Everyone isn’t bad, Mama! Everything isn’t a sin!” - Carrie
When I was at Half Price Books the other day, I asked them how much they'd pay me for my spare VG/VG unsigned copy of the 1st edition (T39) The Stand, just because I was interested in hearing their answer. He "couldn't rightly say without seeing the book" but he guessed about $15. Think I should take them up on that?
Yeah, I think they aren't very good at detecting whether the seller is a reader or a collector....probably by design. It hurts me to think how many readers they lowball and take advantage of. And I'm sure that their book buyers aren't always very good with understanding that they are looking at a collectible book.
I guess that if this didn't happen, then some of us wouldn't find some incredible deals there from time to time.
Yup
I would like to be a book inspector for Half Price Books.
! was told by an ex employee that they know exactly what they are doing. After awhile they know what collectable books to look for and
consciously offer very little to the seller. Many of the sellers don't know what they have and/or are cleaning out an estate or something like that
and have no idea. They want the collectibles and even pay little bonuses to employees who find them and get them cheap, then they sell them online
or auction.
I had a phone conversation with one of their employees recently where I asked him to describe any flaws on a book. After he told me them, I said "So, it sounds like it's in Near Fine condition, right?". He quickly went on the defensive, and said "Whoa, it's not up to me to say what it's condition is. That's up to the buyer." At that point, I decided that since they have a good return policy, it was worth the risk.
I had a feeling something like that was going on. I brought in a signed book and they gave me a couple dollars for and then I saw it on sale for $40 dollars.
One time I brought in a Joe Hill signed Fireman that was damaged. The guy wanted me to give it to him for free because it wasn't worth anything.
WE ALL KNOW THAT THE REALLY RARE JOE HILL BOOK IS......
Spoiler:
What is the current value of a "GBB" S/L?
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?????
"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
This copy of Different Seasons meets the "dated sig that is 25+ years old" criteria...assuming book and DJ are NF/F, and it is indeed a 1st edition....would you really value it at $650-$700?
I personally like the fact that it is inscribed, and yet not to anyone in particular.
FOR SALE OR TRADE
Dark Tower 7 Artist Edition n/a
The Waste Lands 1st Edition in Shrinkwrap $200
1984 Grant Gift Edition of The Talisman $400
Lisey's Story ARC $50
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WANTED
Signed 1st Edition of Storm of The Century (Paperback)
Not sure how anyone else feels, but I would pay $600 for it based upon NF/F condition...perhaps a bit more. The inscription with no name adds value for me. If it was 1982 or 1983 inscription, I'd probably pay a silly price.