Intriguing Stephen King/King Related/Dark Tower Auctions-Sales

[chaos-consultants]

I will be watching Gerald's auctions with great interest... that's the closest I'll ever get to those proofs. Exciting times! That stuff is so rare...

Very exciting for sure... I wish he would not do it on Ebay though...

Why do you feel that way about eBay?

I have just not had the best of luck with it. I am in Canada as well and now Ebay has stated the Global Shipping Program which is bullshit and is based on the price of the item. They will RAPE me with a uber high percentage of the value I pay for any book. I stopped buying off Ebay almost a year ago. Unless I steal it price wise.. not worth it. For instance. I won a King book for the going rate back when they started it and I stopped... I called to complain cause the cost to bring it is was 59% of what i was paying for the book. I just cancelled the transaction. It is a rip off and another way to make money. If your living in the US... your very lucky to get the rates you do for shipping and not have to pay ridiculous costs to bring it across the border. I have a system worked out now for myself that helps but still sucks... oh.. and (doesnt matter how I buy it) the cost to pay in my dollar is higher as well. I get about $89 bucks US for a $100CAD. It adds up when I am forking over large sums. It has gotten better (that was yesterday's rates) since the beginning of the year but still not perfect. Even when our dollar was higher than yours a year or so ago it still cost me to buy US.

I too am in Canada, and suffer the pain of a collection that has cost me almost twice as much as those our fellow Americans own!
John

[webstar1000]

I will be watching Gerald's auctions with great interest... that's the closest I'll ever get to those proofs. Exciting times! That stuff is so rare...

Very exciting for sure... I wish he would not do it on Ebay though...

Why do you feel that way about eBay?

I have just not had the best of luck with it. I am in Canada as well and now Ebay has stated the Global Shipping Program which is bullshit and is based on the price of the item. They will RAPE me with a uber high percentage of the value I pay for any book. I stopped buying off Ebay almost a year ago. Unless I steal it price wise.. not worth it. For instance. I won a King book for the going rate back when they started it and I stopped... I called to complain cause the cost to bring it is was 59% of what i was paying for the book. I just cancelled the transaction. It is a rip off and another way to make money. If your living in the US... your very lucky to get the rates you do for shipping and not have to pay ridiculous costs to bring it across the border. I have a system worked out now for myself that helps but still sucks... oh.. and (doesnt matter how I buy it) the cost to pay in my dollar is higher as well. I get about $89 bucks US for a $100CAD. It adds up when I am forking over large sums. It has gotten better (that was yesterday's rates) since the beginning of the year but still not perfect. Even when our dollar was higher than yours a year or so ago it still cost me to buy US.

I too am in Canada, and suffer the pain of a collection that has cost me almost twice as much as those our fellow Americans own!
John

Your right eh John? I have to be frugal, negotiate hard and wait for the right deal or my collection would be worth less than it should be. I keep a pretty good tally on my collection just for investment sake ( NOT that I would ever sell)... and I am doing ok for spending a small fortune this year! I think I am around the 80% mark (meaning what I paid to what I can sell hard money should I have to launch my collection). I know there would be people here that would be at a fraction of that but I started late. If I had known there were such beautifully done books like this back in the day....???? well... let me tell you!!! haha

[Randall Flagg]

3 day auction. $250:
Stephen King Signed Limited Dark Tower Book

Song of Susannah #1070 of 1400

[Randall Flagg]

Seldom seen for sale. Starts at $99. Let the bidding begin:
'Salem's Lot by Stephen King. Very rare edition

[stroppygoblin]

Seldom seen for sale. Starts at $99. Let the bidding begin:
'Salem's Lot by Stephen King. Very rare edition

isn't this a one off rebind of the standard Illustrated edition ?

[Randall Flagg]

Seldom seen for sale. Starts at $99. Let the bidding begin:
'Salem's Lot by Stephen King. Very rare edition

isn't this a one off rebind of the standard Illustrated edition ?

Yes.
No.

The page blocks are from the S/L, not the gift version. The limitation page is missing.
I have one, (Bob has one or two also) and it's a gorgeous production. Certainly worth more than $99. There were several different external colors and a numerous fancy end-paper combinations used. They may exist, but I have never seen two identical copies, thus making each one a unique copy.

[stroppygoblin]

Seldom seen for sale. Starts at $99. Let the bidding begin:
'Salem's Lot by Stephen King. Very rare edition

isn't this a one off rebind of the standard Illustrated edition ?

Yes. I have one, (Bob has one or two also) and it's a gorgeous production. Certainly worth more than $99. There were several different external colors and a numerous fancy end-paper combinations used. They may exist, but I have never seen two identical copies, thus making each one a unique copy.

Ah! these are the ones done by Stu, whilst he still owned Betts?

[Randall Flagg]

Yes. Wow, 9 bids and $162 already.

[webstar1000]

Seldom seen for sale. Starts at $99. Let the bidding begin:
'Salem's Lot by Stephen King. Very rare edition

Can everyone here let me have this? LOL

[jonp]

Seldom seen for sale. Starts at $99. Let the bidding begin:
'Salem's Lot by Stephen King. Very rare edition

isn't this a one off rebind of the standard Illustrated edition ?

Yes. I have one, (Bob has one or two also) and it's a gorgeous production. Certainly worth more than $99. There were several different external colors and a numerous fancy end-paper combinations used. They may exist, but I have never seen two identical copies, thus making each one a unique copy.

Were they signed or rebound gift editions?

[Randall Flagg]

They were unsigned page blocks from the Gift edition. signed limited edition.
I bet if you got one signed by King, it would be the only one in the world.

[jonp]

They were unsigned page blocks from the Gift edition.
I bet if you got one signed by King, it would be the only one in the world.

Thanks for the info Jerome

[webstar1000]

They were unsigned page blocks from the Gift edition.
I bet if you got one signed by King, it would be the only one in the world.

So cool...

[herbertwest]

This cover is quite nice. At first I thought that it was for the german FD,NS and then I noticed the Salem in the title...
>>> http://www.ebay.fr/itm/Brennen-muss-...E:B:SS:FR:1120

[biomieg]

Seldom seen for sale. Starts at $99. Let the bidding begin:
'Salem's Lot by Stephen King. Very rare edition

Ooooohhh I'd like to have that... but I'm pretty sure it'll end up selling for >$500. Can't go that high. I think this is the first copy I've seen for sale since I started collecting.

[webstar1000]

Seldom seen for sale. Starts at $99. Let the bidding begin:
'Salem's Lot by Stephen King. Very rare edition

Ooooohhh I'd like to have that... but I'm pretty sure it'll end up selling for >$500. Can't go that high. I think this is the first copy I've seen for sale since I started collecting.

I am prepared to go to $500 on this...

[MandaBunny]

Looks beautiful, I think I'll go $1500 for it. Can't really undervalue such a rare edition.

[Randall Flagg]

Looks beautiful, I think I'll go $1500 for it. Can't really undervalue such a rare edition.

Not sure if you are kidding (or trying to scare off bidders). The market will define the price, but $1.5K is an awful lot of money. I might even sell mine for that.

[The Library Policeman]

My $3,000 bid is in

[biomieg]

$1500 would be too much, IMO. It's rare, sure, but it's a rebound text block of an unsigned gift edition. A couple hundred dollars for what is basically a piece of curiosa would be about right I think.

[Randall Flagg]

$1500 would be too much, IMO. It's rare, sure, but it's a rebound text block of an unsigned gift edition. A couple hundred dollars for what is basically a piece of curiosa would be about right I think.

If you had asked me before the auction. I'd have put the value at $300-$500.
I'm trying to remember how many were made, but certainly far fewer than the 600 of the true gift edition. Wild guess is <50.

[Randall Flagg]

My $3,000 bid is in

Not too sharp. Someone just sniped you at $3,001....

[Robert Fulman]

Tomas at skcollector is selling the gift edition (with traycase and pictures) for $650. If the re-bound one sells for $1500, I'll buy Tomas' copy, rip the cover off and have it rebound.

[MandaBunny]

My $3,000 bid is in

Not too sharp. Someone just sniped you at $3,001....

Fine, $3,001.01.

[webstar1000]

Tomas at skcollector is selling the gift edition (with traycase and pictures) for $650. If the re-bound one sells for $1500, I'll buy Tomas' copy, rip the cover off and have it rebound.

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