My opinion is that you leave the book as is and add a DJ. I do not like the idea of cutting it out and adding the signature as a book plate to another copy of IT. That is just my two cents.
Originally Posted by jonahwriter
My opinion is that you leave the book as is and add a DJ. I do not like the idea of cutting it out and adding the signature as a book plate to another copy of IT. That is just my two cents.
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I think you're right Ben. I hope this is a first edition, despite the damage, I won't know until it arrives. Probably the cheapest way to get a copy of IT signed...My opinion is that you leave the book as is and add a DJ. I do not like the idea of cutting it out and adding the signature as a book plate to another copy of IT. That is just my two cents.
I like the signature.
It looks like it is signed on the FFEP. Probably best to leave it in that book.
"One day you're going to figure out that everything they taught you was a lie."
Just find a dust jacket. DON'T cut the page out.
John
The book looks water damaged on the lower part of the pages. If the page where the signature is, also is damaged, there would be no sense in removing it.
I agree with John and the others. Do not cut. If you do cut, do not paste it anywhere, just lay it in loose.
"...that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little." ~ Ray Bradbury
"Cut or Cut not. There is no Paste" - YodaI agree with John and the others. Do not cut. If you do cut, do not paste it anywhere, just lay it in loose.
"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
I got a bit bid happy on it. So at first when I won it, I was like "oh shit, do I really want this?" But I always pay when I win even if I feel "meh". Now I've decided to cover it in a DJ. I won't cut/paste or otherwise mutilate.
Do you guys think $105 was good for this? it's inscribed on the ffep and the book is not in good condition. I don't know yet if it's a 1st or not. I already own a BCE in perfect condition and a 1st in "good" condition so depending how this one is when it comes, and if it's a 1st, I'll cover it in a DJ (probably from the BCE edition).
I think you did okay regardless of edition.I got a bit bid happy on it. So at first when I won it, I was like "oh shit, do I really want this?" But I always pay when I win even if I feel "meh". Now I've decided to cover it in a DJ. I won't cut/paste or otherwise mutilate.
Do you guys think $105 was good for this? it's inscribed on the ffep and the book is not in good condition. I don't know yet if it's a 1st or not. I already own a BCE in perfect condition and a 1st in "good" condition so depending how this one is when it comes, and if it's a 1st, I'll cover it in a DJ (probably from the BCE edition).
"One day you're going to figure out that everything they taught you was a lie."
"Cut or Cut not. There is no Paste" - YodaI agree with John and the others. Do not cut. If you do cut, do not paste it anywhere, just lay it in loose.
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I won't cut IT but are there ever times when cutting/pasting IS acceptable to a collector?
For example, what about this signed Stand paperback on eBay? The sig is good, the little logo of good/evil is great, the book doesn't look anything special. Wouldn't this make a nice bookplate in a 1st or early hardback of "The Stand"?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/121326117717...84.m1426.l2649
No. Not to me...I won't cut IT but are there ever times when cutting/pasting IS acceptable to a collector?
For example, what about this signed Stand paperback on eBay? The sig is good, the little logo of good/evil is great, the book doesn't look anything special. Wouldn't this make a nice bookplate in a 1st or early hardback of "The Stand"?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/121326117717...84.m1426.l2649
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I guess cutting anything from any book is defacing it and that would sit with me as wrong. I've never done it myself for the record, I was just wondering what people think. I'd find it hard to deface a book even though I have thought about doing it in and been tempted to in instances like this, my natural instinct usually is to fix/repair the book as best I can, regardless of the book. Just wondering if some collectors do cut nice signatures from poor condition books and paste them into nicer editions. I know there was a really poor condition (and I mean really poor) of "The Stand" that sold on ebay recently - I imagine whoever won it cut out the sig or else got the book totally rebound.
I agree. It just goes against what I feel is right.
John
I'd rather have a shoddy copy with a signature than a cut and paste job. The condition of the book shows a history (though I may not personally know that history) and I'd rather have that intact rather than trying to piece together parts from different books.
I suggested exactly that for this book. The book isn't collectible. The signature is. In this case I think I would use the half-title page as a bookplate laid in, unpasted, to a collectible copy of The Stand. If both the signed bookplate and the signed book were at auction the bookplate would bring every bit as much as the book.
If the book itself was at all collectible I would leave it be.
"One day you're going to figure out that everything they taught you was a lie."
Two things:
1. The King signature makes the paperback collectible. It is something that ads value to the book even though it's not a first edition. That's why people want King to sign their books.
2. I don't like the idea of vandalizing one book to make a profit. There are stories of book dealers breaking apart copies of the Gutenberg Bible or Shakespeare's First Folio to see the individual pages for more profit.
Just my personal opinion.
Nick
I suggested exactly that for this book. The book isn't collectible. The signature is. In this case I think I would use the half-title page as a bookplate laid in, unpasted, to a collectible copy of The Stand. If both the signed bookplate and the signed book were at auction the bookplate would bring every bit as much as the book.
If the book itself was at all collectible I would leave it be.
The absence of a thing, this can be as deadly as the presence. The absence of air, eh?
The absence of water? The absence of anything else we're addicted to.
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The King signature is the only thing about the book that is valuable other than as a reading copy. If I happened to have King sign the book myself then it would have an emotional value as well as a monetary value. If I bought it on eBay then not so much. I just happen to think it would be more cool as a bookplate.
I understand why a person wouldn't want to "vandalize" a book. I agree within reason.
"One day you're going to figure out that everything they taught you was a lie."
I think the page could be removed and integrated into a piece of art relative to "The Stand".
It's not "vandalism" to remove a page from a book you own.
I'd see that as "value added" rather than vandalism.I think the page could be removed and integrated into a piece of art relative to "The Stand".
It's not "vandalism" to remove a page from a book you own.
"One day you're going to figure out that everything they taught you was a lie."
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New to the forum. Seems to be a number of Sarasota signings for Doctor Sleep on ebay, most with the numbered ticket to get the book signed. Thoughts on this one? http://www.ebay.com/itm/161289784677...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
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OK...your question.....it's hard to tell because of no close-up of picture. But more important, the seller mentions "COA with matching hologram on book". That sticker takes away from value and COA guarantees aren't worth the paper printed on. I would recommend purchasing from someone on this website, it won't have a sticker effecting value and you will know for sure it's the real deal.
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The "proof" photo signature doesn't match the finished signature.
If for no other reason I wouldn't buy it. The COA is another reason. It adds nothing. It only detracts from value.
"One day you're going to figure out that everything they taught you was a lie."
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