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

[stroppygoblin]

$125 BIN (Ouch):
GWENDY'S BUTTON BOX Stephen King Richard Chizmar Limited Ed. Coin FRAME-MOUNTED

Well the frame is worth about $5 so that's $120 for the coin? wow

[jcmanske]

$125 BIN (Ouch):
GWENDY'S BUTTON BOX Stephen King Richard Chizmar Limited Ed. Coin FRAME-MOUNTED

Well the frame is worth about $5 so that's $120 for the coin? wow

Stroppy, haven't you been keeping up, the Gwendy coin is the newest form of cryptocurrency!

[stroppygoblin]

$125 BIN (Ouch):
GWENDY'S BUTTON BOX Stephen King Richard Chizmar Limited Ed. Coin FRAME-MOUNTED

Well the frame is worth about $5 so that's $120 for the coin? wow

Stroppy, haven't you been keeping up, the Gwendy coin is the newest form of cryptocurrency!

Good Job I invested in one then...

[wolfehr]

Bernie Wrightson Original Illustration CYCLE OF THE WEREWOLF February Plate

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F323040093786

Asking price is $12.5k, but there’s a make an offer option.


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[Randall Flagg]

$29 BIN:
Ray Bradbury Stephen King The Shining Delap's F&SF Review 1977 magazine Horror

[Phalucha]

Bernie Wrightson Original Illustration CYCLE OF THE WEREWOLF February Plate

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F323040093786

Asking price is $12.5k, but there’s a make an offer option.


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If I saw that drawing minus the King connection I would think it looks like something my grandmother would like.

[becca69]

There is still some original art available from Sleeping Beauties. Email Jana for info if you are interested - janaheidersdorf@gmail.com

[bdwyer19]

Obviously the price on this auction is ridiculous, but the accompanying letters between King and Stu Tinker are pretty interesting.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F282836735236

[herbertwest]

Yeah, the price is a bit high but thanks for sharing.
Any idea of what are the clapboard mentionned? And the signed limited edition from Betts Bookstore??

[peripheral]

That is really interesting correspondence. Who is this Shirley?

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

Yeah, the price is a bit high but thanks for sharing.
Any idea of what are the clapboard mentionned? And the signed limited edition from Betts Bookstore??

[herbertwest]

Thanks Alan.
If it's signed, shouldnt it be added to the catalog?

[stroppygoblin]

Thanks Alan.
If it's signed, shouldnt it be added to the catalog?

It's already there.... T.C.I.Y.F

[herbertwest]

I did look for it though... oh well

[Randall Flagg]

Yeah, the price is a bit high but thanks for sharing.
Any idea of what are the clapboard mentionned? And the signed limited edition from Betts Bookstore??

IIRC, Stu was removing things, or was given things from when King did a remodel at his Bangor home. Stu sold things he was not supposed to sell, and when word got back to Tabitha that Stu had done something wrong, the King's got upset and generally disassociated themselves with Stu.

[herbertwest]

Hello Jerome,
Yep that's what I understood, but I wonder what that means clapboard?

Any ideas of what that includes? An article ABOUT King I am guessing
>>> https://www.ebay.fr/itm/302630355111?ul_noapp=true

[Bev Vincent]

Yes, an article by Corinne Alessi-Greene

[Randall Flagg]

Hello Jerome,
Yep that's what I understood, but I wonder what that means clapboard?

Clapboard: https://www.google.com/search?q=clap...&bih=626&dpr=1

The King's were remodeling, and I believe (based upon what I was told), Stu was going to take scrap items and sell them. That included the scrap clapboards removed fro the house.
This is tertiary evidence so should not be quoted as fact.

[andyg75]

I just can't get on board with his statement "these are more rare than the signed edition".

The following is just my opinion and not to demean any member here who picked one up...............Would I pay $500 for one...I think so, yes...but not $900, $1200, or even the $1500 he will eventually ask for the last few copies he is holding.

Mulleins

BTW - I tried for $550 - but he won't go lower than $750...

I took a chance on one of these and it arrived today. Even though the listing said not signed, I can confirm that mine is signed by both SK and the artist, Jerry Uelsmann. It is marked 'Printers' where the number should be.

[Randall Flagg]

That's great fortune. Congratulations!

[Roseannebarr]

I just can't get on board with his statement "these are more rare than the signed edition".

The following is just my opinion and not to demean any member here who picked one up...............Would I pay $500 for one...I think so, yes...but not $900, $1200, or even the $1500 he will eventually ask for the last few copies he is holding.

Mulleins

BTW - I tried for $550 - but he won't go lower than $750...

I took a chance on one of these and it arrived today. Even though the listing said not signed, I can confirm that mine is signed by both SK and the artist, Jerry Uelsmann. It is marked 'Printers' where the number should be.

Amazing! Poor guy could of made a much better profit had he known what he was had!

[lotuz]

I took a chance on one of these and it arrived today. Even though the listing said not signed, I can confirm that mine is signed by both SK and the artist, Jerry Uelsmann. It is marked 'Printers' where the number should be.

After much deliberation, and after seeing how fast these started going, I got one as well. My thinking at the time was that I would also bid on an auction for a signed copy that had a really bad exterior. I would then send them both to a book binder and have the signature page put in the printer's copy, thus procuring a signed edition for ~$1500 or so. However, the damaged edition sold for way above what I thought it would (over $1400) given the condition.

Anyway, mine arrived yesterday and I flipped through it but did not check for a signature page. After seeing your message, I opened mine back up, and lo and behold - a signature page!! Wow!!!



If you had not checked, I'm not sure how long it would've taken me to find out, if ever!!

My heart is racing!

I just can't believe this luck! And the book was definitely opened before he sent it - the brown paper packaging was re-sealed with scotch tape.

I feel like I need to go out and do something extra good for other humans right now, I just can't believe this. Part of the reason that I am freaking out is that (as you can tell from my signature) Centipede Press is my most serious collecting passion and a signed copy of Salem's Lot is one of my holy grails. And that I might have never known is very scary.

EDIT: I do kinda feel sorry for the guy. I think he got them at a rock bottom price and still made plenty of money but he could have doubled or tripled it. I do not, however, feel sorry enough to send him more money. But I will pay my good luck forward in some other way!

[Room 217 Caretaker]

That's fantastic news. I love it when a member/s get surprised like this.

Christmas all over again.

Mulleins

[andyg75]

I took a chance on one of these and it arrived today. Even though the listing said not signed, I can confirm that mine is signed by both SK and the artist, Jerry Uelsmann. It is marked 'Printers' where the number should be.

After much deliberation, and after seeing how fast these started going, I got one as well. My thinking at the time was that I would also bid on an auction for a signed copy that had a really bad exterior. I would then send them both to a book binder and have the signature page put in the printer's copy, thus procuring a signed edition for ~$1500 or so. However, the damaged edition sold for way above what I thought it would (over $1400) given the condition.

Anyway, mine arrived yesterday and I flipped through it but did not check for a signature page. After seeing your message, I opened mine back up, and lo and behold - a signature page!! Wow!!!



If you had not checked, I'm not sure how long it would've taken me to find out, if ever!!

My heart is racing!

I just can't believe this luck! And the book was definitely opened before he sent it - the brown paper packaging was re-sealed with scotch tape.

I feel like I need to go out and do something extra good for other humans right now, I just can't believe this. Part of the reason that I am freaking out is that (as you can tell from my signature) Centipede Press is my most serious collecting passion and a signed copy of Salem's Lot is one of my holy grails. And that I might have never known is very scary.

EDIT: I do kinda feel sorry for the guy. I think he got them at a rock bottom price and still made plenty of money but he could have doubled or tripled it. I do not, however, feel sorry enough to send him more money. But I will pay my good luck forward in some other way!

I was so torn before ordering it, but I thought that there would be value in the fact that there were only 12 of these, so I took the chance.

So glad I did, and glad I checked the signature page! 👍

[andyg75]

That's fantastic news. I love it when a member/s get surprised like this.

Christmas all over again.

Mulleins

Indeed sir, indeed 😀