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

[Ari_Racing]

The wastelands: U$S 30 (still available at grantbooks.com)
Stand: $50
Insomnia: $100?

[Randall Flagg]

What's the going rate for the Insomnia, Wastelands, Stand portfolios?

The wastelands: U 30 (still available at grantbooks.com)
Stand: $50
Insomnia: $100?

The price depends on condition. Of course the 'Wastelands' portfolio is $30 as it is still available.
MINT condition portfolios for Insomnia and The Stand are hard to come by-the folder and art are over-sized and over time most all are 'folded spindled mutilated' .
Add in the red/black Insomnia, original art (1 of 7) and the price is IMO much higher.
My estimate:
Red #'d F/F Insomnia portfolio: >$235.
Black #'d F/F Insomnia portfolio: >$215
Unnumbered, reduce value by ~25%
1/7 Original Phil Hale pieces for Insomnia: Market-but IMO >$1k.
F/F The Stand portfolio with signed extra print: >$50

[Ari_Racing]

Firestarter DJ:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Firestarter-Step...item439e59654e

[e_taylor]

Firestarter DJ:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Firestarter-Step...item439e59654e

Looks like Alex himself selling them too.

[CurtSeattle]

Are the numbers just different colors or are there a different amount of "sets" characterized by different colors?

I see my Stand Portfolio is number 1107/1200 (Is that the extra signed print you speak of?)


My Insomnia Portfolio limit page says 153/400...I can't tell color from the pic and I'd have to pull it out to see the color of the numbers if that's what you mean. Were there less red than black then?


On a side note, I have #453 Insomnia S/L book, so if anyone happens to have the #153 Insomnia S/L Book, I'd like to trade for it to match my Insomnia Portfolio.

Thanks for any info.

[biomieg]

Curt, the colors refer to the portfolio itself. Check these pics from the SK Collectibles subforum:

[herbertwest]

Ok you all guys make me wanna start collecting the portfolios... One day...

[biomieg]

Another He Is Legend ARC with signed tipsheet. It doesn't say so outright in the title of the listing but it is mentioned all the way down the page.

[jhanic]

As usual, Gauntlet hasn't been too honest about how many of these proofs w/tipsheets are available. No surprise.

John

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

Agreed. They have also had dozens of "PC" S/L copies on sale since the release.

[e_taylor]

Agreed. They have also had dozens of "PC" S/L copies on sale since the release.

I don't understand how he convinced the contributors to sign that many more signature sheets without them putting up a fuss.

[biomieg]

For the completists: an unknown publication of this King recipe?

[jhanic]

It's not THAT scarce. I got a copy a year or so ago for about the same price from the publisher.

John

[Rahfa]

Agreed. They have also had dozens of "PC" S/L copies on sale since the release.

I don't understand how he convinced the contributors to sign that many more signature sheets without them putting up a fuss.

That's a pretty good point...Obviously, they build in plenty of extras for torn sheets, smudged sigs, etc., and I guess there's much less waste than they actually anticipate.

[Randall Flagg]

As long as the books are clearly disclosed as PC editions, I don't see much of a problem. Of course if there was a numbered limitation of 100 and the PC's totaled 200 (not the case in this instance) it would be extraordinary, but eventually the market would still establish the price for both versions.

[biomieg]

For those who love lettered books with King signatures: Great Ghost Stories...

[jhanic]

Under the Dome blue proof

One of the more rare King proofs, with a starting bid to match. Truthfully, I doubt it will sell for even close to that.

John

The proof sold for $575. I've been in contact with the buyer (who's a longtime lurker here but has never posted--she's a bit shy) and she made the successful offer. She asked the seller where she got the book and this was the response:

Hi Elissa, I have decided to accept your offer of $575.00... And to answer your question, I stumbled upon this book at Goodwill. I hope you enjoy it. Thanks for your business. Janet

Goodwill!!?? Amazing!

John

[gsvec]

GOODWILL? Maybe I need to get there more often . . . wow.

[carlosdetweiller]

I've heard of stories like that at Goodwill. Specifically, Roy Robbins frequents Goodwill looking for bargains....or at least he used to. He's told me stories of some fantastic finds over the years. I think you need to live in a pretty large city, though, to get a large sampling of books and turnover. I've been to the Goodwill here in Amarillo once or twice over the years and found absolutely nothing and the prospects for new books to show up frequently seemed slim. Still, you never know unless you go frequently, I guess.

[herbertwest]

I've heard of stories like that at Goodwill. Specifically, Roy Robbins frequents Goodwill looking for bargains....or at least he used to. He's told me stories of some fantastic finds over the years. I think you need to live in a pretty large city, though, to get a large sampling of books and turnover. I've been to the Goodwill here in Amarillo once or twice over the years and found absolutely nothing and the prospects for new books to show up frequently seemed slim. Still, you never know unless you go frequently, I guess.

What exactly is Goodwill?
Some sort of charity shop?

[jhanic]

Exactly. People donate things and Goodwill sells them at very cheap prices.

John

[Gris]

Similar to The Salvation Army is you are familiar with that organization.

[herbertwest]

A few years back i used to do charity shops looking for some King items.. Never really found anything interesting...

[biomieg]

I found my US copy of The Bachman Books in the small cellar of a charity shop here in The Netherlands... a 5th printing, sure... but still. Paid €7.50 for it, I think.

[e_taylor]

I found my US copy of The Bachman Books in the small cellar of a charity shop here in The Netherlands... a 5th printing, sure... but still. Paid €7.50 for it, I think.

I can beat that! At a library sale I got a US 1st/1st Bachman Books in NF/VG condition for the grand sum of $0.50 CDN - at the time about $0.35 US!