Estimated Value of this Collection?
I was looking for some help on the estimated value of this collection I’m posting from the collectors (and sellers). It’s part of my collection that I am parting with. Yea, it’s sad, but I could use the money, and I need the bookshelf space. My King collection currently takes up one wall of my condo, and I would like to get it down to two bookshelves. And I am keeping all my Limited Editions, like The Stand, Regulators, Christine, The Dark Tower series, etc… Everything posted is duplicates, or just different versions of the same book.
OK, now after explaining why I’m getting rid of the collection. Could anyone guesstimate on a value of these books? I am working with a bookseller who thinks the overall value is $4100 (which sounds fair to me), but obviously he is only going to pay $2,500 or so for them (which sucks). Does this sound like a good deal or not. Or what do you think I should be asking for. It’s being sold as a set.
Btw, if the moderators feel this is an inappropriate thread, feel free to delete it. Thanks in advance!
UK Books
The Shinning (UK hc 1977)
The Stand - Complete and Uncut (UK hc 1990)
The Dead Zone (UK hc 1979)
Firestarter (UK hc 1980)
Cujo (UK hc 1982)
Christine (UK hc 1983)
Pet Sematary (UK hc 1983)
The Eyes of the Dragon (UK hc 1987)
It (UK hc 1986)
Misery (UK hc 1987)
The Tommyknockers (UK hc 1988 )
The Dark Half (UK Proof pb 1989) Good-
Needful Things (UK hc 1991)
Gerald's Game (UK hc 1992)
Dolores Claiborne (UK hc 1992)
Insomnia (UK hc 1994) Good-
Desperation (UK hc 1996)
Bag of Bones (UK hc 1998 )
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (UK hc 1999)
Dreamcatcher (UK hc 2001)
From a Buick 8 (UK hc 2002)
Cell (UK hc 2006)
Lisey's Story (UK hc 2006) signed by King
Duma Key (UK hc 2008 )
Wizard and Glass (UK hc 1997) Book Club Edition (only UK hardcover)
Wolves of the Calla (UK hc 2003)
Song of Susannah (UK hc 2004)
Black House (UK hc 2001) white text, black cover
Black House (UK hc 2001) black text, white cover, signed by Peter Straub
Skeleton Crew (UK hc 1985)
Four Past Midnight (UK hc 1990)
Nightmares & Dreamscapes (UK hc 1993)
Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales (UK hc 2002)
Thinner (UK hc 1985) w/"Stephen King's name" ribbon
Blaze (UK hc 2007)
Umney's Last Case (UK pb 1995)
On Writing (UK hc 2000)
Proofs
Pet Sematary (Uncorrected Galley Proof pb 1983) This is the 1st proof (less than 50 copies)
The Eyes of the Dragon (Unrevised and Unpublished Proof pb 1987)
The Dark Half (Unrevised and Unpublished Proof pb 1989) VG
Needful Things (Unrevised and Unpublished Proof hc 1991) VG
’Twice the Power‘ Needful Things & Four Past Midnight (UK Uncorrected Proof pb 1991)
Gerald's Game (Proof pb 1992)
Gerald's Game (Special ABA Edition hc 1992) slipcase, VG
Insomnia (Unrevised Proof pb 1994)
Rose Madder (Unrevised and Unpublished Proof pb 1995) w/Proof Dust Jacket (rare different cover) and Publisher Letter
Bag of Bones (ARC pb 1998 )
Bag of Bones (UK ARC pb 1998 ) silver slipcase, flat signed facsimile, VG
From a Buick 8 (Advance Uncorrected Proof pb 2002) VG-
Lisey's Story (Advance Reader's Edition pb 2006)
Lisey's Story (UK Uncorrected Advance Proof pb 2006) rare
The Drawing of the Three (ARC pb 1987) Orange Plume Edition, with publisher letter
The Drawing of the Three (ARC pb 1987) Trade Cover Plume Edition, with publisher letter
The Wastelands (ARC pb 1991)
The Wastelands (Proof pb 1992) Plume Edition, Good
Wizard and Glass (ARC pb 1997)
Wolves of the Calla (Proof pb 2003)
Song of Susannah (ARC pb 2004)
The Dark Tower (Proof pb 2004) very rare
The Dark Tower (UK Exclusive Limited Edition Early Reading Copy pb 2004) very rare, only 100 copies
Black House (Advance Uncorrected Proof pb 2001)
Black House (UK Uncorrected Proof pb 2001) not the full book (by design)
Four Past Midnight (Unrevised and Unpublished Proof pb 1990) w/promo dust jacket and publishers letter
Nightmares & Dreamscapes (Proof pb 1993)
Hearts In Atlantis (ARC pb 1999)
Hearts In Atlantis (UK Proof pb 1999) VG
Thinner (Uncorrected Advance Proof pb 1984) Special ABA Edition, Fair
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (Uncorrected Proof Dummy, pop-up book hc 2004) blank white cover
The Secretary of Dreams, Volume One (Proof pb 2006) "not for sale" written on side
Books
The Stand (hc 1978 )
The Stand - Complete and Uncut (hc 1990)
Cujo (hc 1981)
Christine (hc 1983)
The Eyes of the Dragon (hc 1987) VG
The Tommyknockers (hc 1988 )
The Dark Half (hc 1989) VG
Dolores Claiborne (hc 1992)
Insomnia (hc 1994) red text, white cover
Insomnia (hc 1994) white text, red cover
Desperation/Regulators (hc 1996) two-book set with reading light, Still Sealed
The Gunslinger (2nd ed hc 1984) signed by illustrator
Song of Susannah (Artist Edition hc 2004) signed by artist
The Dark Tower (Artist Edition hc 2004) signed by artist
Dark Tower Hardcover Gift Collection (hc 1998 ) 3-Book slipcase Set by Grant, the gunslinger (3rd ed), drawing of the three (2nd ed), the wastelands (1st ed)
The Talisman (hc 1984)
Black House (hc 2001)
The Talisman/Black House (Gift Set hc 2003) Grant, signed by Peter Straub & Rick Berry, numbered, slipcase
Skeleton Crew (hc 1985)
Nightmares & Dreamscapes (hc 1993)
Danse Macabre (hc 1981)