Intriguing Stephen King/King Related/Dark Tower Auctions-Sales

[Shannon]

Ya'll are udderly ridiculous with these puns.

[firemonkey66]

Here is my hypothesis:

• King wrote 'Salem's Lot in the present tense. It was not meant to reflect something long ago, nor terribly far in the future. Either King, or the editor looked at a Calendar for a Tuesday early in September of the expected publishing year-1975 (most schools in the USA started the school year the first or second Tuesday after Labor day which is the first Monday in September) The book specifically says "Tuesday September 16..." and " the prettiest girl in the park.."
• Someone either named "Dawn", or on behalf of "Dawn" presented a 'Salem's Lot that was printed in 1978 and thus had the $8.95 price that "The Shining" was issued at and being sold for (Line item pricing is what that's called) to King with a specified inscription directly lifted from the book with the name of the character (Susan) changed to the book recipient (Dawn).
• "The White Hart" is a novel by Arthur C. Clarke. I haven't read the book, so I'm not sure if there is a reference to a female that is the prettiest person, but the novel is real and I'm sure King and or Dawn had read it and thus referenced it.

Thus we have a 1978 printed 'Salem's Lot with an $8.95 DJ reflecting the price for the hardback in 1978 and having long before been corrected to state Father Callahan on the flap. In 1978 or later, "Dawn" requested a specific inscription from Stephen King in the book. King complied and essentially back dated the year to be correct for the novel itself.


FYI, I think the only value in the book is the quirkiness of the inscription. I made an offer on the book based on that alone.

Nice work, Flagg. A great explanation.

[billstand]

KING pamphlet introduction to THE COLLECTOR with book for $56 total.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fowles-John-...gAAOSwnHZYQiVI

[billstand]

Darmn I missed it again. Not enough heads up.
How do I find these and where do we input the code?? Thanks


eBay has $15 Off $75 with code "CDECFLASHSAVE"

Valid through midnight EST

[needfulthings]

Ya'll are udderly ridiculous with these puns.

You know they have to MILK it as long as they can.

[Randall Flagg]

Ya'll are udderly ridiculous with these puns.

You know they have to MILK it as long as they can.

Pure tripe I say...

[Brian861]

Good grief, Shac! See what you started lol.

[Randall Flagg]

Good grief, Shac! See what you started lol.

I agree. I'm guilty too.
Someone's going to whip my hide...

[Brian861]

the signature looks legit to me, but was he doing the looped crossed T in 75? its a long shot, but is it possible he just had the date wrong when he signed it?

If you check a calendar, he signed the correct DAY for the date. The earliest picture of a dated inscription that I have where King crosses a 7 is in November 1978.
It's commonly believed that King didn't start to cross his 7's until after he and his family went to England briefly in 1977.

Completely unrelated to the discussion at hand but, my freshman high school algebra teacher insisted that we cross our 7s or be downgraded. Been crossing them ever since. In case you guys run across one of my early sigs

sorry to interrupt this otherwise fascinating discussion but this made me chuckle. Thank you Brian.
Carry on all!

Well, Lori, since this trend has gone to the cows; I don't feel as bad responding lol. You're most welcome and glad I amused someone outside of myself .

[wizardsrainbow]

Here is my hypothesis:

• King wrote 'Salem's Lot in the present tense. It was not meant to reflect something long ago, nor terribly far in the future. Either King, or the editor looked at a Calendar for a Tuesday early in September of the expected publishing year-1975 (most schools in the USA started the school year the first or second Tuesday after Labor day which is the first Monday in September) The book specifically says "Tuesday September 16..." and " the prettiest girl in the park.."
• Someone either named "Dawn", or on behalf of "Dawn" presented a 'Salem's Lot that was printed in 1978 and thus had the $8.95 price that "The Shining" was issued at and being sold for (Line item pricing is what that's called) to King with a specified inscription directly lifted from the book with the name of the character (Susan) changed to the book recipient (Dawn).
• "The White Hart" is a novel by Arthur C. Clarke. I haven't read the book, so I'm not sure if there is a reference to a female that is the prettiest person, but the novel is real and I'm sure King and or Dawn had read it and thus referenced it.

Thus we have a 1978 printed 'Salem's Lot with an $8.95 DJ reflecting the price for the hardback in 1978 and having long before been corrected to state Father Callahan on the flap. In 1978 or later, "Dawn" requested a specific inscription from Stephen King in the book. King complied and essentially back dated the year to be correct for the novel itself.


FYI, I think the only value in the book is the quirkiness of the inscription. I made an offer on the book based on that alone.

Nice work, Flagg. A great explanation.

Explanation is "plausible" but likelihood that this is really what happened is incredibly small....yes it fits (explanation) but is pure conjecture. Yes, I cannot offer an alternative explanation that makes sense, but I do like the inscription. For total transparency, I made the seller an offer which was accepted. I will own this book and put it with my many inscribed Salem's copies that I already own...for better or worse...You can say I'm a fool and threw my money away but I don't really care honestly.

[divemaster]

Congrats on the book. I think it's a great inscription. I really do think something like I/Jerome suggested must account for the discrepancy. No way to prove it, but there's not much in the way of an alternate circumstance that could have happened, to account for a 1975 date on on 1978 book, other than a complete re-binding exercise.

[Room 217 Caretaker]

Congrats on a great inscription, David. I too agree with others above that this was an exercise in rebinding from a damaged first edition.

Mulleins

[Theli]

I think it's worth owning simply for the oddity of the piece. Congrats on the great purchase David!

[Randall Flagg]

$55 BIN, $3 shipping:
Beryl Evans CHARLIE THE CHOO-CHOO Anomaly Edition w/sticker STEPHEN KING

[Room 217 Caretaker]

$55 BIN, $3 shipping:
Beryl Evans CHARLIE THE CHOO-CHOO Anomaly Edition w/sticker STEPHEN KING

He's a member here.

Mulleins

[Randall Flagg]

$55 BIN, $3 shipping:
Beryl Evans CHARLIE THE CHOO-CHOO Anomaly Edition w/sticker STEPHEN KING

He's a member here.

Mulleins

It sold. Not sure if a member got it. I'll keep searching and will post what I find. If you want one, keep your eyes open.

[Randall Flagg]

One bid, $49.99. Free shipping:
Stephen King signed - Fantasy & Science Fiction special SK edition. Rare!

[killjoy72]

$55 BIN, $3 shipping:
Beryl Evans CHARLIE THE CHOO-CHOO Anomaly Edition w/sticker STEPHEN KING

He's a member here.

Mulleins

It sold. Not sure if a member got it. I'll keep searching and will post what I find. If you want one, keep your eyes open.

Rest assured, it did.
I have one more copy if anyone is interested. Shoot me a PM.

[killjoy72]

^Sold.

[Randall Flagg]

For vinyl fans:
Stephen King - Stephen King's The Mist - Minty 2 X LP Radioplay Special Effects





#1474. $500 BIN

The Dark Tower book VII by Stephen King limited, numbered edition

[Randall Flagg]

Great inscription (if your name is Paul) and nice signature. Too bad it's about twice the price that would sell quickly:

The Gunslinger, Dark Tower 1, Stephen King 1982 1st Edition Signed by King!

[Randall Flagg]

Typo?
Left out the "L" in Hartfield.

Stephen King MR MERCEDES 1st/1st Hodder RARE JACKET WITH ERRORS Hardback

[Oreo713]

Great inscription (if your name is Paul) and nice signature. Too bad it's about twice the price that would sell quickly:

The Gunslinger, Dark Tower 1, Stephen King 1982 1st Edition Signed by King!

That's the same inscription that my copy had. I sold mine to David Betts.

[Theli]

Great inscription (if your name is Paul) and nice signature. Too bad it's about twice the price that would sell quickly:

The Gunslinger, Dark Tower 1, Stephen King 1982 1st Edition Signed by King!

That's the same inscription that my copy had. I sold mine to David Betts.

Does that mean you are the Paul?

[Theli]

Typo?
Left out the "L" in Hartfield.

Stephen King MR MERCEDES 1st/1st Hodder RARE JACKET WITH ERRORS Hardback

Never heard of this one... Do all Hodder 1st/1st have the typo?