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Looks okay tho the book is crappy.

That price raises a lot of questions - especially given the quick sale for a loss.

I think the first auction was a shill bid between two partners to create a fake value for the book. The second...

I think most of us would judge a bookplate + book as two random items that have shoehorned together.

Yes, it's still neat - but there's no connection or plan behind it.

A signed S/L edition is...

Yup, that's true.

Easy for us to say "I'll only pay $50!!!" Okay - fine, but you ain't getting it for $50.

I can't think of an item where we've been wrong about the value over the...

Funny - I'm the dead opposite.

This is the type of item where "true collectors" know that it's not a legit collectible but just a promotional item. It's a movie poster, that's it.

BUT -...

I agree with you... I wanted a copy... and I would pay $100... I would pay $150...[/QUOTE]

I bet a few weeks from now when one shows up for $150, you'll be like "eh, pass." It's only expensive...

If I had a copy of that book and I knew that I could get $5K for it, I'd sell it for $5K.

In fact, I'd sell it for $500.

But - as others have said, it's strictly irrational exuberance right now...

But if he'd listed it at $100 and it got snatched up then everybody's like "what a maroon, it was worth way more!" People here love to mock people who aren't on an obsessive fan site all the time.
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My feeling is the whole inscription looks like it was signed in a rush. The angle, the skewed appearance, etc. So I think it's real but messy and probably not worth collecting.

I'm fine with both of them, but I wouldn't buy it in any case.

i dont like that one.[/QUOTE]

He's a member here. I think the signature on all the books he's selling is good.

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Personally I would stay away from the Cujo inscription/...

Funny - that's the opposite of the Plant seller. A seller who wants to squeeze every penny.

Here's a guy - no online prescence, not aggressively trying to sell, but also got them priced at...

Hahahahahahahahahahahhahahaha

Wow. That was a fuckup.

Yeah, that's a fantastic deal - you could sell the Vol. 2 by itself for what? $1000? $800? Either way, you're never going to lose money.

I don't see why the full set,...

"I won these books at a local auction that was auctioning off the contents of her estate in Bangor."

Ashes to ashes.

Edt (actually, I did some research and maybe she's still alive - she retired...

Yeah, we as collectors are excited about matched number sets, but if you're a seller, they are difficult to sell.

Basically, you're asking a customer to buy an entire complete set for, say,...

That's totally right - and I think part of the reason the size annoys me is I can't enjoy the additional content. It's decorative, not readable...which I know is true of most s/ls, but especially...

I guess there are a number of reasons for this but I'll admit to being surprised at some of the recent high sale prices. Only 300 copies makes it one of the smaller of the King S/Ls number wise....

You're not saying that happened to you did it? They were just in storage so they didn't damage anything?

A pinhole leak and the water might not leak, but it will evaporate...I've seen that happen...

Start a thread - that's a valid topic for discussion.

On topic, I noticed the BOBD auction facilitated by the SK board - obviously well above any sort of market value, but it's always the gamble...