Thanks Brian and Dan.
Thanks Brian and Dan.
Thanks to Brian for graciously inscribing my copy of Better Weird and also including the proof of the forthcoming Darkness Whispers. Now, to try and talk him out of more things of this nature.
You don't know my kind.....You don't my mind.....Dark necessities are part of my design.....
Originally Posted by Brian861
Thanks to Brian for graciously inscribing my copy of Better Weird and also including the proof of the forthcoming Darkness Whispers. Now, to try and talk him out of more things of this nature
I love the signature. Its a signature you can read!! Unlike Smith and Connelly. I do not waste my $$ or time on those authors. (even though i love their books).
Speaking of signatures --- Did Tabitha King return signature pages for small world? looking forward to that book!
Looking forward to that one as well, Glen.
You don't know my kind.....You don't my mind.....Dark necessities are part of my design.....
That's a very shallow perspective. Since when was it a prerequisite for authors to be masters in calligraphy for their signed books to be collectible?
If you love their work, you should love having a book that they have signed in your collection, regardless of what artistic merit that signature might have.
Ha, I'm glad someone does! I hate my signature... I wish I had a beautiful signature like some of our authors where their signature looks like an artist's handiwork!
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This is strictly my collecting opinion. It appears that Connelly and Smith took no time in signing a book. SK himself stated that he would not continue signing books when his signature becomes illegible. And i take no offense to being called SHALLOW. I have been called worse. I never said they have to be masters in calligraphy, I just want to be able to read the name of whomever signed my book. SE Hinton took the time to sign her name and write a brief comment, same way with King on some of my books.That's a very shallow perspective. Since when was it a prerequisite for authors to be masters in calligraphy for their signed books to be collectible?
If you love their work, you should love having a book that they have signed in your collection, regardless of what artistic merit that signature might have.
Just my opinion, but i really would like to be able to read the signature. It is my collection and my rules. AND I love their books, I collect their books, just not signed copies as i do with King. If i wasnt so old, i would upload some very bad signatures. But alas, i cant master the art of posting photos no matter how hard Br!an tries to teach us.
Good news on the SMALL WORLD front... the books will be DONE at the printer in mid-November!
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Your sig is way better than some. I collect BJF signed books!Ha, I'm glad someone does! I hate my signature... I wish I had a beautiful signature like some of our authors where their signature looks like an artist's handiwork!
Awesome NEWS!Good news on the SMALL WORLD front... the books will be DONE at the printer in mid-November!
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I can see both points of views on the subject. But, when it's personally inscribed to you, it's more about the author taking the time to do it. Especially when it's not at a signing event or prearranged.That's a very shallow perspective. Since when was it a prerequisite for authors to be masters in calligraphy for their signed books to be collectible?
If you love their work, you should love having a book that they have signed in your collection, regardless of what artistic merit that signature might have.
Ditto!Your sig is way better than some. I collect BJF signed books!Ha, I'm glad someone does! I hate my signature... I wish I had a beautiful signature like some of our authors where their signature looks like an artist's handiwork!
That is awesome news!Good news on the SMALL WORLD front... the books will be DONE at the printer in mid-November!
You don't know my kind.....You don't my mind.....Dark necessities are part of my design.....
The images below are surviving examples of William Shakespeare's signature. Awful penmanship, but each one has a current value of 5 million US dollars. It is estimated that if any of these signatures were affixed to a play written in his own hand, they would be worth ten times as much.This is strictly my collecting opinion. It appears that Connelly and Smith took no time in signing a book. SK himself stated that he would not continue signing books when his signature becomes illegible. And i take no offense to being called SHALLOW. I have been called worse. I never said they have to be masters in calligraphy, I just want to be able to read the name of whomever signed my book. SE Hinton took the time to sign her name and write a brief comment, same way with King on some of my books.That's a very shallow perspective. Since when was it a prerequisite for authors to be masters in calligraphy for their signed books to be collectible?
If you love their work, you should love having a book that they have signed in your collection, regardless of what artistic merit that signature might have.
Just my opinion, but i really would like to be able to read the signature. It is my collection and my rules. AND I love their books, I collect their books, just not signed copies as i do with King. If i wasnt so old, i would upload some very bad signatures. But alas, i cant master the art of posting photos no matter how hard Br!an tries to teach us.
http://most-expensive.com/autograph
The collectible value of any signature, is certainly not in the aesthetics, but rather the significance of the signature itself.
some of those look like he used a Sharpie Quill©.
I for one always avoid Bill's Sharpie signatures.
"A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King
Robert McCammon always seems to use sharpies... not a big fan....
VERY interesting Tim. Thanks for the post man!The images below are surviving examples of William Shakespeare's signature. Awful penmanship, but each one has a current value of 5 million US dollars. It is estimated that if any of these signatures were affixed to a play written in his own hand, they would be worth ten times as much.This is strictly my collecting opinion. It appears that Connelly and Smith took no time in signing a book. SK himself stated that he would not continue signing books when his signature becomes illegible. And i take no offense to being called SHALLOW. I have been called worse. I never said they have to be masters in calligraphy, I just want to be able to read the name of whomever signed my book. SE Hinton took the time to sign her name and write a brief comment, same way with King on some of my books.That's a very shallow perspective. Since when was it a prerequisite for authors to be masters in calligraphy for their signed books to be collectible?
If you love their work, you should love having a book that they have signed in your collection, regardless of what artistic merit that signature might have.
Just my opinion, but i really would like to be able to read the signature. It is my collection and my rules. AND I love their books, I collect their books, just not signed copies as i do with King. If i wasnt so old, i would upload some very bad signatures. But alas, i cant master the art of posting photos no matter how hard Br!an tries to teach us.
http://most-expensive.com/autograph
The collectible value of any signature, is certainly not in the aesthetics, but rather the significance of the signature itself.
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I really wish I could give you rep for that. made me spit my coffee out.
Positive rep sent to him on both of our behalfs!!!!I really wish I could give you rep for that. made me spit my coffee out.
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Can someone remind me what grab bag or collectors club was Better Weird a part of?
It was part of CDCC 6.
You are correct. If you got it as part of CDCC 6 it should have also come with a magnet.It was part of CDCC 6.
I also got the magnet, just couldn't remember which of the many clubs this came from
Thanks, T-Dogz and Dan
I actually really like McCammon's signature, very stylistic and legible. Also dig Rick Hautala's sig.
That said I do agree with Tim, it's not so much how the sig. looks, but who is signing, for me.
Brian (BJF), do you receive me PM?
You don't know my kind.....You don't my mind.....Dark necessities are part of my design.....
Received the new CD Magazine double issue yesterday, and it is beautiful. I just love the artwork on the cover!
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