I agree with Ari.
I agree with Ari.
I agree with Ari and Michaël.....
FWIW: I'm the current high bidder but that won't last long, I guess. I'll keep watching the auction but I fully expect this to go way over my budget.
It is SO beat up....
It is, but I bet it will look better when it's tightly bagged with all the tears and creases folded back in place. It's always nice if a proof looks as close to new as possible but for me it's not a dealbreaker, especially when it's super scarce. I'd rather have a rough copy than no copy at all...
See now I'm thinking I didn't buy anything at all from David and everybody else did, so they're all broke and I have a chance at this beautifully ugly beauty which will never, ever come up for sale on eBay again. And as I think that, the stock market has dropped 1000 points already this morning.
WANT LIST: Any SK #186; Dark Man Unbound 1st Proof; FDNS Unbound 1st Proof; FDNS Black Tape Spine Proof; FDNS Unbound Color Proof
RARE Stephen King's Salem's Lot ARC
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You scared me for a moment there - I thought it would be a Doubleday 'Salem's Lot proof, which is my absolute King collecting grail. Luckily it's only an ARC of a reprint.
I wondered if we'd ever see that one again. Richard donated a copy of the interoffice proof to a local school for their annual fundraising silent auction. The seller probably should add some more info, but he probably didn't keep the write-up about the item.
We only printed 20 copies and most of them were used/marked up in production because this text is from BEFORE we discovered the previous reprint editions had left out some of Steve's formatting and italicizing choices. When we discovered that, we all sat down and started cross checking random pages to confirm we were right, and then another copy went out to our copyeditor to cross-check the formatting decisions on a line by line basis.
This proof version also has the bonus material in a different order than the final book does and it's missing the scans from Bob Jackson's collection. I think those are the big differences.
The official review copy (with the proper artwork on the cover) was printed after this and has most of the corrections entered, but not all. It also has the TOC in the alternate (not final) order and is missing Bob's scans.
Brian
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[QUOTE=Brian James Freeman;943354] I wondered if we'd ever see that one again. Richard donated a copy of the interoffice proof to a local school for their annual fundraising silent auction. The seller probably should add some more info, but he probably didn't keep the write-up about the item.
We only printed 20 copies and most of them were used/marked up in production because this text is from BEFORE we discovered the previous reprint editions had left out some of Steve's formatting and italicizing choices. When we discovered that, we all sat down and started cross checking random pages to confirm we were right, and then another copy went out to our copyeditor to cross-check the formatting decisions on a line by line basis.
This proof version also has the bonus material in a different order than the final book does and it's missing the scans from Bob Jackson's collection. I think those are the big differences.
The official review copy (with the proper artwork on the cover) was printed after this and has most of the corrections entered, but not all. It also has the TOC in the alternate (not final) order and is missing Bob's scans.
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Bob's scans?
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Yeah, we debated for most of the day about how to deal with all of the emails we were getting about it. We included the description that I wrote up for the school, which I nearly posted here the other day with a note that the seller probably should have included it, but I guess he doesn't have to worry about having a detailed write-up now... wow.
Brian
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I think it's absurd. I will never understand how these proofs of reprint editions are apparently more appealing than a genuine 30+ year old Viking Firestarter proof that sits unsold at Betts for $499.
I'm glad I don't feel any urge to collect these.
I'm not implying anything about CDs products, by the way.
You GOT TO BE kidding me... $2k??????????????
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Insomnia #459
ANY S/L #459
Brian,
If you send me one, i would never ever sell it! i like it too much. after spending $750 today at CD, (excited by what i bought though!). I would take a marked up one. i would never be able to afford that on ebay!
Thanks! Glen
PS TO SWEETEN THE POT, I JUST WENT AND SPENT ANOTHER $300. Unfortunately, I am officially broke now.
3 Artist Editions and 3 gift editions of Steven King Double DAy books!!
Brian,
Can I get first dibs on an inter-office ARC for The Shining? Not for my personal collection, but for The Haven Foundation fundraiser 2016....
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