Question for Pete...
In another thread there is a discussion on the Colorado Kid books, specifically the Unsigned Trade and the Artist Editions (not signed by King). At the time of release, there were two slipcases made available at an extra cost, one Green and one Blue.
The question is, which slipcase was matched with which set? The Catalog states Blue for AE and Green for Unsigned, but some members have theirs the other way around.
"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
Spoke to Pete this morning, he has confirmed that the slipcases are as I stated above, ie:
Blue = AE set
Green = Unsigned set
Thanks again Pete!
"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
Well...another two weeks have come and gone....and still no lettered Skeleton crew for the Netherlands.
Unfortunately, I don't even know the exact dat the books has bee shipped.
Again, no way to track its journey. Now I do hope Pete can track it from his side.
Pete?
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I just received my copies and a customer I know got his in PA.
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According to their newsletter, PS is selling 25 mint copies of THINNER that were kept in a box for decades.
Looks like they sell the copies Gerald found, upgrading them with a custom slipcase.
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I dont think they are lettered....jsut coincidentally there were 26 of them in a box!
for sale here: http://www.pspublishing.co.uk/thinne...man-4265-p.asp
He did. To Pete obviously. I just cannot wrap my head around this... I will be surprised if many collectors step up and fall for this but you never know. Someone could need a mint copy to fill a hole in their collection... who knows!??
And I find it funny he says there are (were) 26... I remember Gerald's post and it was only 25 of them...
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Sounds like a hand-off to Dragon Rebound would be a good thing...
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Almost nothing surprises me when it comes to SK collecting prices, but this does a bit. It looks like you can get a mint copy of that book on ebay for less than $100. I don't blame PS though as they may sell them anyway. Maybe folks think there is something special about them because they were stored in Bangor and have a slipcase. They do look nice, but not that nice.
Wow.... £325 each. It will be interesting to see what "living in a box safe from harm and protected from sunlight" (mint) does to a collectible book worth around $100 Fine.
(And, of course, we can't direct all of the shock of the price to Pete / PS Publishing - it all depends on how much he paid for these from Gerald [or whoever] in the first place)...
OK. Just went hunting and saw the Facebook post on "Gerald Winters and Son" Facebook page. Thirteenth January the "Sold" post is announced for these Thinners. In the comments of this post, on the 14th January, Gerald actually responds to a question you ask Kris: "They were $425 each".
At today's exchange rate, $425 = £340. So, there must have been a bulk-discount applied, a wildly different exchange rate at the time of purchase, or PS are running at a loss (of course not)...
Here's Gerald Winters & Son Facebook Link. Go to Jan 13...
https://www.facebook.com/GWandSonBooks/?fref=ts
Last edited by peripheral; 03-24-2017 at 09:39 AM. Reason: Include Facebook Link
The specific mention that it came from Bangor, Maine and has "rather appropriate provenance" could suggest to some -- those who do not hang out here and/or are unaware of Gerald's involvement -- that it came from King's own stash of author copies, thus arguably justifying the price. I'm not suggesting that Pete was intentionally misleading in his ad copy, but I can certainly how some could read it as such, which would be unfortunate.
Not just one letter! A note and then a letter confirming the individual letter. I'm a bit confused too.
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These might be too good for one of those projects, since they would be stripped down to the page block anyway. Might as well pay less for copies that have issues with areas except the page block. Though obviously defer to Paul on all things Dragon Rebound
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