You are correct. This is our forum. If members stop posting in the thread, it will eventually fall off page one.Originally Posted by St. Troy
Perhaps this is a stupid question, but does this thread exist for him or for us (TDT readers etc.)?
Last I looked, neither you nor Gerald were staff members. I don't tell him what to display in his store, and he doesn't dictate what threads or posts are displayed here on the site.
Sorry to members that I was offline for the last 9 hours. Don't worry, the thread will continue to exist as long as it occasionally (even rarely) gets posted in.
I hope you clocked in and clocked out. We record these absences ya know...
"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
Gerald is selling lettered copies of The Plant. Very rare!!
Part one and part three only.
WANTED:
Lettered Danse Macabre
Marshroots
Lettered Eyes Of The Dragon
Lettered The Stand
BOMC signed Full Dark No Stars
MM AGOT #249
Lettered Frankenstein
Last I looked, neither you nor Gerald were staff members. I don't tell him what to display in his store, and he doesn't dictate what threads or posts are displayed here on the site.
You're absolutely right and I never suggested any such thing. Anymore than I would tell you to go fuck yourself. I'm very sure that you are imminently capable of doing that on your own. I am not a staff member and never should be one. That's why it's your site as well it should be.
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The seller could not find a lettered part two. He looked for a long time.Part one and part three only.
I was quoted $9k for a lettered Plant part once. Didn't take it.
I wouldn't have taken it either.
WANTED:
Lettered Danse Macabre
Marshroots
Lettered Eyes Of The Dragon
Lettered The Stand
BOMC signed Full Dark No Stars
MM AGOT #249
Lettered Frankenstein
A lettered copy ran for the family? With no inscription? I kind of don't get it. The appeal of owning a plant set to me, is the personalized inscription and greeting from SK. I have a personalized NLR and the Plant. I hope the seller gets what they want, but I prefer the set David owns made out to Kirby and Kirby's sister. Those are worth owning!
This is not intended to be snarky or anything, but why would you want to own something that has been inscribed to somebody else?
Maybe it's just me, but I personally wouldn't want a plant set (or any set) that had been inscribed to Kirby and Kirby's sister.
I know what you mean...I am kind of partial to the set signed to the wife & I (after the fact).
Cause it's signed man. And that's how those were done... I hope to own a set one day....This is not intended to be snarky or anything, but why would you want to own something that has been inscribed to somebody else?
Maybe it's just me, but I personally wouldn't want a plant set (or any set) that had been inscribed to Kirby and Kirby's sister.
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I agree in general, but not in this particular case. I wouldn't want a random book inscribed to "Fred." That's not me. That's some other dude who stood in line at a bookstore or lurked outside of the restroom to snag a signature for himself. However, in the case of The Plant and a few similar books, these were gifts designed to be inscribed. To me, that's the "published version." Like the check on The Regulators lettered made out to (whomever). It's a piece of publishing history and of great interest. Certainly different that "Fred" grabbing a sig after the fact.This is not intended to be snarky or anything, but why would you want to own something that has been inscribed to somebody else?
Maybe it's just me, but I personally wouldn't want a plant set (or any set) that had been inscribed to Kirby and Kirby's sister.
Ditto. Also to me it matters when it's an association copy and inscribed to someone well known like Michelle Slung or Peter Straub vs inscribed to Chris, King's babysitter.I agree in general, but not in this particular case. I wouldn't want a random book inscribed to "Fred." That's not me. That's some other dude who stood in line at a bookstore or lurked outside of the restroom to snag a signature for himself. However, in the case of The Plant and a few similar books, these were gifts designed to be inscribed. To me, that's the "published version." Like the check on The Regulators lettered made out to (whomever). It's a piece of publishing history and of great interest. Certainly different that "Fred" grabbing a sig after the fact.This is not intended to be snarky or anything, but why would you want to own something that has been inscribed to somebody else?
Maybe it's just me, but I personally wouldn't want a plant set (or any set) that had been inscribed to Kirby and Kirby's sister.
WANTED:
Lettered Danse Macabre
Marshroots
Lettered Eyes Of The Dragon
Lettered The Stand
BOMC signed Full Dark No Stars
MM AGOT #249
Lettered Frankenstein
Hey, every collector has preferences....as owner of Betts, I'd say 35%-40% of my customers would insist on flatsigned copies of books, while 60%-65% don't care and would buy either flatsigned or inscribed copies....I respect either preference, whatever floats your boat.This is not intended to be snarky or anything, but why would you want to own something that has been inscribed to somebody else?
Maybe it's just me, but I personally wouldn't want a plant set (or any set) that had been inscribed to Kirby and Kirby's sister.
Me personally (as in my personal collection)...I'd say other than most regular S/Ls (which are flatsigned), about 75% of what I own is inscribed to someone else. Yes, I own the Kirby and Kay McCauley Plant sets...they are "big" names in the King circle and all books inscribed to either sell for a premium because of the association. Similarly, I own pre-released inscribed copies of LSOE and WTTKH Artist Edition copies that King inscribed for former Grant Books employees...Only a few of these inscribed copies exist and were dated two weeks before publication date. Nowhere else could you get copies like this...it floats my boat that's all, if not yours, I have ZERO issues with that. I also think I have the earliest inscribed copy of Salem's Lot 1st edition that exists. Seen plenty of flatsigned and dated copies day of publication October 17, 1975 but the one I own is inscribed to King's college roomy Flip and is dated 2 WEEKS prior to publication. Never seen another legit one with an earlier date. I'd take my copy over a flatsigned day of publication one 100% of the time...but again, that is just me.
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 agree that as far as inscriptions go, THE PLANT is kinda unique because of the association, but beyond that I still prefer inscribed items to flat signed.
Its tough to say why. I started because it offered more to judge a signature on, but then I realized it was fun to read the inscriptions and imagine the circumstance that they were signed. Plus, its technically 'hand written manuscript' by King which just makes it more fun for me (heck, a hand-written note just sold on ebay for over $700, and what it that but just a long inscription). It doesn't hurt that because the majority of collectors prefer flat signed, that I can sometimes get inscriptions at a better price too. In the end, it really is 'collect what makes you happy'.
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I probably also prefer flat signed but another counter argument to that is sometimes people are looking for a particular inscription also. If I want a signed IT with a mention of a balloon or floating, then I don't have much choice to seek out a previously personalized and inscribed book. The availability to get something personalized and inscribed to me these days is pretty rare.. in fact the only way that I know of that being possible is the HF Grand Prize.
Those are great. I love the copies of Gunslinger that he inscribed to folks saying, "Welcome to the weird weird west" something like that.
That copy of It that David just sold that had the inscription and the balloon, classic!
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- S/L 'Storm Front' Jim Butcher (Subterranean Press)
- S/L 'Fool Moon' Jim Butcher (Subterranean Press)
Like this one:
or
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 will admit that parts one & two were presented to Mr. King for his signature. But part three was sent to us after he inquired if I owned a copy?
Like this one:
or
Yes indeedy!
"Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes they win." - SK
WTB:
- S/L 'Storm Front' Jim Butcher (Subterranean Press)
- S/L 'Fool Moon' Jim Butcher (Subterranean Press)
I would like to say that today I visited Gerald's store and although a quick visit... it was fantastic. A MUST for any King collector. He showed me some pretty amazing stuff I have never seen NOR knew existed. Although there was nothing I needed per say there... I did buy a cool Creepshow figure and Gerald gave me a couple of
Very cool souvenirsmy only regret was that I didn't have more time to spend there! It's right downtown too and easy to find. Very cool to see it in person!
PS: on a side note... did the picture in front of Kings home and about lost my shit when King and Owen came out to go for a run. I was so nervous I just went to my car and my wife right right up to them. Lol they were a ways away.... when they got to where my wife was... it turned out it was Kings brother and his boy. The resemblances were uncanny! It was a rush either way!!!
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Awesome story man... and that story about your wife going right up to them while the supercollector / fan nervously sits in their car is replicated the world over. I was at a gig and saw my rock hero Perry Farrell (James Addiction).
"Hey, isn't that Perry...? Oh my god, it is. Don't look, don't look!."
"What? Come on. Let's go over and say hello..."
"What? What are you doing!?! OH GOD!"
(I went over and met him. What would we do without wives who don't give a shit as much as us)
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