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

**jhanic** · 08-24-2009 03:16 PM

Looks like our own carlosdetweiller got it!

John

**carlosdetweiller** · 08-24-2009 03:47 PM

Originally Posted by jhanic

Looks like our own carlosdetweiller got it!

John

Nope, not me.

**jhanic** · 08-24-2009 04:00 PM

Really?!? Okay!

John

**carlosdetweiller** · 08-24-2009 04:07 PM

Originally Posted by jhanic

Really?!? Okay!

John

I was the second highest bidder.

**Pasiuk57** · 08-24-2009 04:58 PM

I just like it. Have some other letters by King also and will keep it with them.
Sorry Bob....
I figured his signature would be worth $135 or so??

**Gris** · 08-24-2009 05:03 PM

who the "AT" that actually typed it?

**Randall Flagg** · 08-24-2009 05:10 PM

I think an originally composed letter by SK could be worth thousands of dollars in the not to distant future.

**Darkmaniscoming** · 08-24-2009 05:25 PM

I agree that letter is huge, what a bad time for it to be listed when everybody is broke..
after summer it would have sold twice that...to me.

**Patrick** · 08-24-2009 10:31 PM

I just saw the auction. I thought it would have sold for a higher price. Congrats, Mike!

**Bev Vincent** · 08-25-2009 02:14 AM

The letterhead is the same one used when King responded to people asking about how to get The Gunslinger after the first printing sold out. You can see a reproduction of it in The Road to the Dark Tower.

**Mr. Rabbit Trick** · 08-25-2009 07:43 AM

Sir_Boome has a letter with this letterhead on his collection page

**tippy4** · 08-25-2009 08:06 AM

Originally Posted by carlosdetweiller

Originally Posted by jhanic

Really?!? Okay!

John

I was the second highest bidder.

I was 4th highest.

**Darkmaniscoming** · 08-25-2009 09:56 AM

Horseshoes and hand grenades..

**carlosdetweiller** · 08-26-2009 04:03 AM

I was gone most of last week but was wondering if there had been any discussion of this seller's (russdj) auctions. Here is an example:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

I think many of these signatures are suspect. Several years ago he was buying stuff on eBay at very high prices and at the time many of us were thinking he was buying forgeries. Any thoughts on the legitimacy of his current listings?

**Mr. Rabbit Trick** · 08-26-2009 04:18 AM

Originally Posted by carlosdetweiller

I was gone most of last week but was wondering if there had been any discussion of this seller's (russdj) auctions. Here is an example:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

I think many of these signatures are suspect. Several years ago he was buying stuff on eBay at very high prices and at the time many of us were thinking he was buying forgeries. Any thoughts on the legitimacy of his current listings?

I don't know the history of this seller, but the example shown (Running Man pb) looks genuine to me.

**Room 217 Caretaker** · 08-26-2009 04:58 AM

Originally Posted by carlosdetweiller

I was gone most of last week but was wondering if there had been any discussion of this seller's (russdj) auctions. Here is an example:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

I think many of these signatures are suspect. Several years ago he was buying stuff on eBay at very high prices and at the time many of us were thinking he was buying forgeries. Any thoughts on the legitimacy of his current listings?

JMO

Mulleins
Cumberland VA

**turtlex** · 08-26-2009 05:02 AM

Ralph

I love the name of the picture ( ie - questionable.jpg )

**carlosdetweiller** · 08-26-2009 05:35 AM

Originally Posted by mulleins

Originally Posted by carlosdetweiller

I was gone most of last week but was wondering if there had been any discussion of this seller's (russdj) auctions. Here is an example:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

I think many of these signatures are suspect. Several years ago he was buying stuff on eBay at very high prices and at the time many of us were thinking he was buying forgeries. Any thoughts on the legitimacy of his current listings?

JMO

Mulleins
Cumberland VA

Agreed. And I would not be comfortable buying several of the other books he currently has for sale. Besides the fact that his opening bids are pretty high.

**Mr. Rabbit Trick** · 08-26-2009 05:43 AM

Originally Posted by carlosdetweiller

Originally Posted by mulleins

Originally Posted by carlosdetweiller

I was gone most of last week but was wondering if there had been any discussion of this seller's (russdj) auctions. Here is an example:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

I think many of these signatures are suspect. Several years ago he was buying stuff on eBay at very high prices and at the time many of us were thinking he was buying forgeries. Any thoughts on the legitimacy of his current listings?

JMO

Mulleins
Cumberland VA

Agreed. And I would not be comfortable buying several of the other books he currently has for sale. Besides the fact that his opening bids are pretty high.

I asked the Mod at SKMB for her opinion. Here is her reply:

"Looks like the real deal to me. He always uses the line through the 7 as well as the line through Richard Bachman so that's another good indication to me that it's authentic."

**carlosdetweiller** · 08-26-2009 07:15 AM

Originally Posted by Mr. Rabbit Trick

I asked the Mod at SKMB for her opinion. Here is her reply:

"Looks like the real deal to me. He always uses the line through the 7 as well as the line through Richard Bachman so that's another good indication to me that it's authentic."

I guess they are probably OK. (Although any self respecting forger would know enough to put the slash through the 7 for any King signature after about 1977 or 1978).

russdj had quite the reputation among King collectors on eBay for quite a while 7 or 8 years ago. For quite a long time it was nearly impossible for any of the rest of us to buy anything on eBay. russdj was buying everything with really high bids. He reminded me of the infamous "Dr. Mindful" about 10 years ago. Just bidding whatever it took to win everything of significance. Then, just as quickly, they were both gone from eBay. Burned out, run out of money or perhaps just lost interest.

Anyway, russdj bought a lot of items that looked to the rest of us to be forgeries at the time. I am leery whenever I see that username pop up again.

**carlosdetweiller** · 08-26-2009 07:17 AM

BTW, I loathe the use of emoticons. Why the heck is one showing up whenever I use 1978?

**Mr. Rabbit Trick** · 08-26-2009 07:30 AM

Originally Posted by carlosdetweiller

BTW, I loathe the use of emoticons. Why the heck is one showing up whenever I use 1978?

That's a pain. Use square brackets if you want to have an 8 at the end as it comes out a smilie if you dont [1978]

Edit: Nice use of the panic smilie

**biomieg** · 08-26-2009 07:31 AM

Because 8) equals 8 ) without the space

**biomieg** · 08-26-2009 07:31 AM

Mr. RT beat me!

**divemaster** · 08-26-2009 07:55 AM

Originally Posted by carlosdetweiller

BTW, I loathe the use of emoticons. Why the heck is one showing up whenever I use 1978? :panic:

You can also click "Disable smilies in text" and they'll not show up as smilies, but only as the underlying code. This is not helpful if you're trying to make a smilie, but is VERY helpful for those inadvertant ones like the 8) or when you have colons and letters next to each other. For example:

:o
:P
8)

See? No emoticons!

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