That would be a good thingOriginally Posted by carlosdetweiller
Yes, STD's.WOW!nice book bob! is there anything you don't collect bob?
That would be a good thingYes, STD's.WOW!
Terry, At least you don't have to worry about selling a house. I don't know what the market is down in your part of Texas, but up here in Ohio it's TERRIBLE!! Lots of sellers are having to drop the prices of their houses more than 20% of what they would have sold for a year ago. Or in some areas even more! And then the possible buyers can't get financing.WOW!
BEWARE!...PLOM (poor little ol me) rant to follow:
ah well... i'm having to go an a self imposed collecting fast myself for a while... again.... did so last year and got totally debt free...i'm still 100% debt free, but....
just got notified yesterday that the owner of the house i rent (for the past 6 years) plans to evict me, so they can tear down the house and build condos on the property. they wanted me out by the end of apil....but i said no way... so i have til the end of may.
aaaaarg! i hate this because i was only paying 595.00 a month in rent, and wasn't planning on moving until i could buy a house outright.... now i have to find a house to buy in less than 60 days.... and will have to finance part of it.
so i'm saving as much as i can to try to lower the payments. (not to mention the moving costs)
waaaah. no books for a while. it's going to be a hectic pain in the yaya to find, buy a house and move (all these books, oh my) to a new place in 60 days.
not to mention i have to devise a plan to move...2 trucks, 1 car, a harley + sidecar, 1 boat aa 5x8 trailor loaded with sound equipment, and a 18x 8 x 6ft dog kennel - all by myself.
my next new pride and joy shown here will be a house - if i live through it.
ok...i'm through stomping my foot.
John
That Dracula looks beautiful. Very nice.
Anyone know where I could get one of these???Aw, Wiz, sorry to hear you had to pay ten bucks, I would have gotten you one. Interestingly a couple weeks ago, my comic store didn't have them so I had no idea these existed until yesterday. Maybe I'll stop by today and pick up a couple more, there weren't many sitting out but he may have more in back. The nice thing is that he does seem to get a decent quantity of all the comic promo stuff.Patrick-As long as I have the scanner out...
I picked up a couple of these free promotional magazines today at my local comic store. Has anyone else seen these?
Yes, I did get one of these, but had to pay $10 for it on eBay. My comic store said they gave them all away about three weeks ago and would not get any more in, so I went to ebay and only found one person offering it.
If it weren't for integrity...what would you be? Ka is a wheel.....
Try a PM to Patrick
It's a more successful strategy than some might realize.
I pick up a few spares of the promo freebies when I can and I usually just give them away to other enthusiasts around here, but please try your local comic book store first. That way I can send my spares to those who really can't access them elsewhere (without going to eBay).
By the way, that particular promo item has a short article and a 2-page artwork reprint from the comic, then goes on to discuss other non-King Marvel projects.
"...that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little." ~ Ray Bradbury
Very nice Dracula edition Bob! I've been wanting to order the less limited version of it since they first announced it.
actually the home sell market in austin isn't to bad, though it has dropped a tad from last year.
the average time to sell a home is 28 days inside most desirable areas of austin (last year ir was 15 days)
it's about 50 days for the worst parts of austin
he current average home price is $328,655.00 and always going up.
it's definitely still a sellor's market in austin (as long as you buy again somewhere else -ie. not austin- after selling)
that's what happens when your the hottest tech/college/arts city in the state.
35.9 % austin residents are from California,
20% from new york/boston,
10% are from china or india (and every single one is an engineer)
the rest are illegals from mexico....
and then ...
there's me.
Houses are still cheap in Austin! (said the resident of California)actually the home sell market in austin isn't to bad, though it has dropped a tad from last year.
the average time to sell a home is 28 days inside most desirable areas of austin (last year ir was 15 days)
it's about 50 days for the worst parts of austin
the current average home price is $328,655.00 and always going up.
it's definitely still a sellor's market in austin (as long as you buy again somewhere else -ie. not austin- after selling)
that's what happens when your the hottest tech/college/arts city in the state.
35.9 % austin residents are from California,
20% from new york/boston,
10% are from china or india (and every single one is an engineer)
the rest are illegals from mexico....
and then ...
there's me.
"...that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little." ~ Ray Bradbury
Patrick-
Yes for now. The way things are going in Calif, Austin may soon look pricey!
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.
Bob-
That is just a drop dead gorgeous book. Congrats on the purchase.
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.
Yes, for areas in the Central Valley, etc. especially. Here on the coast, while the market is still down, it isn't anywhere near as bad.Patrick-
Yes for now. The way things are going in Calif, Austin may soon look pricey!
"...that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little." ~ Ray Bradbury
I got my copy of A Life in the Cinema today from Gauntlet Press. I got #5!!
I just got the following from Barry regarding the above book:
JohnWe are now sold out of the edition you received. Just the lettered left.
Barry
I don't know if you'll read this book John, but I asked before about Mick Garris on a forum, thinking the guy couldn't write since he does average movie adaptations of King stories, but everyone thought the guy was a pretty darn good writer. He's also got a book out by CD, both books were praised.
btw, congrats!
Geoff
I'll probably glance through it and if it catches my fancy, I'll read it (carefully, of course!).
John
John, I received copy #24.
Bob, that edition looks awesome. Could you post a pic of another illustration?
Congratulations Jerome for that adquisition
Wanted list:
Ubris
Congrats, John and Jerome.
It's about time they sold out at the publisher!
"...that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little." ~ Ray Bradbury
you mean austin isn't a suburb of california?
someone needs to tell all the CA folks here...
I read that you got #5 so I decided to see what # I have - very funny! I have #6!
DT Spoiler - Enter at your own risk!
Spoiler:
Consecutive numbers! I wonder who has numbers 4 and 7?
John
I have #40, bought some time ago direct from Gauntlet. I'm surprised it took this long to sell out, I alway thought $125 was a great price for an authentic signed book... especially during the peak in prices a little while ago.
Well a couple of more Dark Tower proofs. So that now makes two proofs for Drawing and two proofs for The Wasteland in my collection. Hopefully I can now close the door on these two as far as collecting goes. Although the Wastelands has a little water damage, we'll see if I bother with another. Probably not.
Somehow I have a feeling John's going to tell there's more than two proofs for each book. lol
Geoff
I think you've got them all--except I've heard that there's a box of Drawing of the Three Grant proofs somewhere at Grant. Never released.
John
Talking about proofs...see what I've just received:
Wanted list:
Ubris
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