Your New Pride and Joy!

[artan]

Wizard, Congrats...Really awesome Salem's Lot Set!
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Bob, thanks for sharing, I read it with pleasure.

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

Nice one Bob and thanks for sharing it.

[carlosdetweiller]

Nice one Bob and thanks for sharing it.

Thanks, everyone. It's just one of those things that is bound to happen occasionally with all the junk I buy.

Due in later this week (or early next week with the holiday interrupting mail service) are three items that I think are pretty neat. I'll post them as they show up. Most probably won't think they are that special but some, particularly jhanic, will probably like them.

[jhanic]

Eagerly waiting!!!

John

[Pasiuk57]

Proofs?

[oy-the-brave]

Nice one Bob and thanks for sharing it.

Thanks, everyone. It's just one of those things that is bound to happen occasionally with all the junk I buy.

Due in later this week (or early next week with the holiday interrupting mail service) are three items that I think are pretty neat. I'll post them as they show up. Most probably won't think they are that special but some, particularly jhanic, will probably like them.

Oh you are such a tease

[wizardsrainbow]

Bob-

You NEVER cease to amaze me. And thanks for sharing it with us.

[carlosdetweiller]

Oh you are such a tease

Maybe a little. Mostly, though, it is to not jinx myself. I never count on a book being in my collection until I actually have it in my hands. I've had a few (very few, thankfully) items lost in the mail, etc.

And, again, these items are not very expensive ones and will have limited appeal but have gotten me pretty pumped up. And make it FOUR items on the way. I just hit on another one I have been long looking for this morning!

[wizardsrainbow]

Bob-
I am amazed at how you can juggle a great career job, family, and what must be immense time cruising and finding new items for your collection. What do you cut out of your life...sleep?



<woo-hoo, Wiz pats self on back as he reaches his 1,000th post here>

[carlosdetweiller]

Bob-
I am amazed at how you can juggle a great career job, family, and what must be immense time cruising and finding new items for your collection. What do you cut out of your life...sleep?

Don't give me too much credit. I just spend WAY too much time on the internet. I actually find it pretty relaxing and very enjoyable. I've developed some searching protocols (nothing elaborate) that work for me and can pretty quickly scan new listings on eBay, ABE, etc. to find the things that interest me. I do them daily and I suspect I am not doing anything much different than many other collectors. There is a lot of competition out there.

[wizardsrainbow]

Finally! I just grabbed something that had been on eBay less than an hour:

Stephen King signed copy of Dark Forces (unrevised Proof). Also signed by Etchison and "others" according to the listing.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...EOIBSA:US:1123

The Dark Forces ARC just arrived. Turns out it is signed by 9 authors:
Dennis Etchison
Edward Bryant
Karl Wagner
Gene Wolfe
Ramsey Campbell
Joe Haldeman
Charles Grant
Richard Christian Matheson (the son)
Stephen King

The book is in pretty good condition, but in a couple places the pages are at risk of coming loose from the spine because I think the book has been opened a lot. Still, I am quite happy with it.

[jhanic]

Very nice, Wiz!!

John

[carlosdetweiller]

The Dark Forces ARC just arrived. Turns out it is signed by 9 authors:
Dennis Etchison
Edward Bryant
Karl Wagner
Gene Wolfe
Ramsey Campbell
Joe Haldeman
Charles Grant
Richard Christian Matheson (the son)
Stephen King

The book is in pretty good condition, but in a couple places the pages are at risk of coming loose from the spine because I think the book has been opened a lot. Still, I am quite happy with it.

Good stuff. Proofs are prone to loose pages and sometimes even worse problems. I can give you the name of a guy who can repair it perfectly if you are so inclined.

[wizardsrainbow]

Thanks Bob. I will keep that in mind.

[Cutter]

Bob-
I am amazed at how you can juggle a great career job, family, and what must be immense time cruising and finding new items for your collection. What do you cut out of your life...sleep?

Don't give me too much credit. I just spend WAY too much time on the internet. I actually find it pretty relaxing and very enjoyable. I've developed some searching protocols (nothing elaborate) that work for me and can pretty quickly scan new listings on eBay, ABE, etc. to find the things that interest me. I do them daily and I suspect I am not doing anything much different than many other collectors. There is a lot of competition out there.

Yea, you're not. I've been told by another that does similar things. I personally haven't figured that out yet, but I need too, as there are some books that I just can never find, and I bet they come and go, but my skills are not sharp enough to catch them when they are available.

[wizardsrainbow]

I picked up issue #5 of the Long Road Home today as well as both sketch variants ($25 total for both). My dealer also threw in a free copy of The Stand sketch book. Pretty cool.

Now that the second story arc is complete, I will bundle up all of my copies/variants/End-World Almanac and ship them out to Jae for him to sign.

[CRinVA]

Today I picked up The Long Road Home #5, End World Almanac, Locke & Key #5 and the free The Stand Sketch Book!

David, my comic book dealer is not so generous as he wants $15 for the color variant and $30 for the Ketch version. I am going ot wait 'em out and get 'em cheaper on ebay in a few months! :-)

[Ari_Racing]

I wonder if anyone can get one extra the stand sketchbook for me. I seriously doubt I'll be able to get one by the moment I visit a comic store in NY.

Thanks in advance!!!!
Ari

[NeedfulKings]

I got the same comics as everyone else. The End-World Almanac was a bonus--I didn't know it was coming out. My comic guy did hook me up with the sketchbook, but no extra's. I'm going across town tomorrow to see if I can snag another.

[Ari_Racing]

No need from my side! Just got one thanks to CRINVA! WOOO HOOOO!!!

THANK YOU!!!

[NeedfulKings]

Awesome!!!!!!!!!! CR is the greatest!!!!

[CRinVA]

aw shucks!

[herbertwest]

not really an acquisition...
but this week, i've spent a lot of time in a university library (at something like 1h30 away) to check mags over a 10 years lapse of time for a book..
of course have spend a lot of time-money in copying pages lol

[tippy4]

Been a while since I posted anything here, so I thought I would put up some pics of one of my recent goodies.

The Dreamcatcher Promotional Ledger

Also included to my pleasant suprprise was a copy of the March 2001 "the book report" from Walden Books in which they mention on the cover how SK wrote the first draft in ledgers.

[jhanic]

Nice, Tippy!

John