2020 Collecting Goals

[St. Troy]

...Roman Salem’s...

Best of luck hunting this bad boy, and please take (and post!) plenty of photos if you do.

[Phalucha]

My top want for 2020 is the same as last year: a signed first edition of IT. Other than that I will continue to fill holes in the signed first edition collection as things turn up on the market. Happy New Year everyone.

Got the signed IT finally! A flat-signed pristine copy. Also, just received a lettered Skeleton Crew which is a book I have wanted since I heard of it back in the 80s. So if nothing else comes my way this year to fill a hole I will consider it a success from the collection perspective.

[Randall Flagg]

Great achievements.

[shaq]

I would love a lettered skeleton. Congratulations

[Phalucha]

Thank you!

[Ari_Racing]

2/3rds of the year completed and well...while I didn't get some items, I achieved several objectives and I completed one of my Grails...six times

It's been a tough year as for most of the people. I got a job back in March and couldn't even start due to the pandemic, so my incomes were only some freelance jobs I was able to do and my bookstore earnings.

* The Plant #3 unsignedGot it!
* The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon Proof with Letter by King. Got it!
* The Gunslinger 1st Grant
* If it Bleeds US proof Got it!
* If it Bleeds UK proof Got it!
* At least 1 of the 19th 1st fiction appearances' magazines/newspapers I'm missing - I updated it and now I'm missing 21.
* At least 1 of the 17 1st fiction appearances' books I'm missing. I got one.
* At least 1 of the 19 promo items I'm after. I got a lot!
* At least 1 more book signed by King of the 43 I'm missing. - I got one but one new book was published so it remains at 43.
* At least 1 S/L KING books of the 11 I'm missing.
* At least 1 S/L non-King book that has his signature out of the 30 I'm missing. I got Prime Evil SL.
* At least 1 of the four annuary books I'm missing.
* At least 1 of the two Kingdom Hospital Scripts written by King I'm missing.
* At least 5 of the 102 magazines I'm missing that include an original non-fiction piece. - I updated it and now I'm missing 105
* At least 1 of the 30 books I'm missing that include an original non-fiction piece. I got one.
* At least 1 of the 165 newspapers I'm missing that include an original non-fiction piece. I got 7
* The only Spanish edition I'm missing. I GOT IT!

Grail list:

* The Regulators - Lettered edition
* One copy of The Maine campus with a S. King piece on it. I GOT SIX!

[amd013]

Updates so far.

1: 1st/1st Carrie - Got it!
2: 1st/1st Night Shift - Got it!
3: Lettered Blockade Billy
4: 1 PS lettered edition - Got 2!
5: all new SK limited editions sold in 2020 - So far so good
6: at least 1 portfolio I am missing - Got 1 (plus 2 new for 2020)

Stretch goal:

one of the following:

a) Misery Lettered
b) Gunslinger Lettered
c) Regulators Lettered
d) Firestarter Lettered
e) The Plant set (or even just 1) - Got 2 Lettered!!!!!
f) TNLR

[webstar1000]

Updates so far.

1: 1st/1st Carrie - Got it!
2: 1st/1st Night Shift - Got it!
3: Lettered Blockade Billy
4: 1 PS lettered edition - Got 2!
5: all new SK limited editions sold in 2020 - So far so good
6: at least 1 portfolio I am missing - Got 1 (plus 2 new for 2020)

Stretch goal:

one of the following:

a) Misery Lettered
b) Gunslinger Lettered
c) Regulators Lettered
d) Firestarter Lettered
e) The Plant set (or even just 1) - Got 2 Lettered!!!!!
f) TNLR

DAMMMMMMMM you are having one hell of a year!!!!

[MikeDuke]

I really did not have any goals but this is what I got so far
1. Clive Barker S\L Thief of always
2 Clive Barker flat signed first ed of In the flesh
3 Numbered S\L (with Mr. Jingles re-marque) Green Mile
4 Time Machine (Suntup)
5. Salems' Lot S\L numbered
6 IAL AGE Suntup
7 Flat signed Bazaar of Bad Dreams
8 IAL S\L Suntup
9 F451 S\L Suntup
10 If it Bleeds Flat signed
11 Lottery S\L Suntup
12 AGE Red Dragon Suntup
13 S\L Red Dragon Suntup
14 CP Falling Angel Angels Inferno CP
15 F451 AGE Suntup
16 First ed CK
17 True First ed Night Shift
So that's it (so far.) I am working on another biggie, for me anyway and I should have it in a few months. Plus I paid for something else that is shipping the end of Oct.
I know some of my stuff listed wasn't King, but I wanted to share everything I got.

[jeffingoff]

I stayed on the train. Three more stops to go.


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[tippy4]

If It Bleeds US 1st Unsigned GOT IT

If It Bleeds US 1st Signed GOT IT

If It Bleeds GE (if made) WAS NOT MADE

If It Bleeds SL (if made) WAS NOT MADE

The missing volume from my Dark Tower S/L set NO LUCK HERE

Any of the six missing books needed to complete my US Signed 1st Collection NO LUCK HERE

And of course....I hope to receive the items already paid for and on order (CD The Stand GE, CD Night Shift GE, CD Slipcase for The Institute, LP Revival GE). GOT THE REVIVAL AND SLIPCASE FOR THE INSTITUTE

Update

[Hunchback Jack]

King goals are pretty simple:
- Gunslinger S/L
- Gunslinger 2nd printing (1984)
- nice copy of NEL IT Collectors Edition PB
- UK S/L, trades, and WHSmith/Waterstones editions of new King books.

I didn’t get any of these, except the UK trade (and variant) editions of If It Bleeds. I also replaced a few UK editions for ones in better quality. All thanks to members here - thank you!

Non-King, though, was a different story. I was able to find a grail or two, stayed on the Suntup numbered train, and snagged a few lettered editions from favourite publishers. Not a bad year.

[Johnny007]

The number one goal for 2020 collecting is to stay healthy enough to keep collecting. I know I'll have to have surgery again, but if I can keep the hole/ulcer from getting too big, I can postpone the surgery perhaps until next January. I have a few things working but I won't say anything until everything has been finalized. Here are some specifics, though.

1) Find another 15 signed books to top 250. Done
2) Would like to find 40-50 proofs -- starting from zero again, I hope I can make it happen. Done. Up to 111 proofs and more on the way.
3) Replace the missing numbered books that I sold for no good reason in 2016 and 2017. I think I'm down to needing 5-7 right now. I found four so there are a couple left.
4) Finding Fine bookcases for my German books -- Sie, Duddits, Nebel, etc. No luck - work to do!
5) Stay healthy!!! So far, so good!

Fingers crossed.
John

I'm shutting down all 2020 SK activity now and confirming inventory. Despite a pretty crappy 2020, my collection fared very well. Hoping that 2021 is a special year of collecting for all on this site!

John

[Garrell]

2nd state Salem's Lot - Got it
Firestarter S/L - Got it/sold it
Rage US - Got it
3 more inscribed 1st/1st-one being The Stand - Got 20+ but not The Stand
2 of 1st/1st UK's I need - Got Salem’s Lot, Night Shift, and Thinner
Was a good collecting year.

[Ari_Racing]

Considering how 2020 was, I must say I had a good collecting year. I achieved several objectives and I completed one of my Grails six times

* The Plant #3 unsignedGot it!
* The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon Proof with Letter by King. Got it!
* The Gunslinger 1st Grant
* If it Bleeds US proof Got it!
* If it Bleeds UK proof Got it!
* At least 1 of the 19th 1st fiction appearances' magazines/newspapers I'm missing - I updated it and now I'm missing 21.
* At least 1 of the 17 1st fiction appearances' books I'm missing. I got one.
* At least 1 of the 19 promo items I'm after. I got a lot!
* At least 1 more book signed by King of the 43 I'm missing. - I got one but one new book was published so it remains at 43.
* At least 1 S/L KING book of the 11 I'm missing.
* At least 1 S/L non-King book that has his signature out of the 30 I'm missing. I got Prime Evil SL.
* At least 1 of the four annuary books I'm missing.
* At least 1 of the two Kingdom Hospital Scripts written by King I'm missing.
* At least 5 of the 102 magazines I'm missing that include an original non-fiction piece. - I updated it and now I'm missing 105
* At least 1 of the 30 books I'm missing that include an original non-fiction piece. I got two.
* At least 1 of the 165 newspapers I'm missing that include an original non-fiction piece. I got 9
* The only Spanish edition I'm missing. I GOT IT!

Grail list:

* The Regulators - Lettered edition
* One copy of The Maine campus with a S. King piece on it. I GOT SIX!

[Randall Flagg]

You knocked out quite a few. Congratulations!

[MikeDuke]

So this is what I ended up with this year
King
S\L Green Mile
S\L Salems' Lot
BOBD Flat signed
If It Bleeds Flat Signed
Colorado Kid paper back first
Night Shift first ed
Salems 2nd state

[OneFathom]

Wow! So many grails locked down by TDT members this year. Congratulations to all.

Wasn't looking for anything, in particular, but I decided to boost my own collection this year and came away with a number of fun pieces:

1. The Gunslinger Lettered "S"
2. Dark Tower proof complete set (FINE; Plume, Grant, Scribner): DT1 - DTV7 + WttK
3. The Stand 1st (FINE; Doubleday, Inscribed; 9/9/79)
4. The Stand 1st (FINE; Doubleday, Inscribed; November 29, 1978)
5. 'Salem's Lot 1st (NF; Doubleday, 2nd State)
6. 'Salem's Lot 1st (FINE; UK, New English Library) X 3
7. IT 1st (FINE; Viking, Flatsigned)
8. The Shining 1st (FINE; Doubleday; Inscribed to Kirby McCauley, May 25, 1978..."The best damn agent in the business.)
9. The Waste Lands 1st (FINE; Viking; Inscribed)
10. Stephen King signed bookplates X 5

Haven't started a collection thread, but I think it's time.

[Randall Flagg]

Haven't started a collection thread, but I think it's time.

I think so. Congratulations on some remarkable (Gunslinger Letter S !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) acquisitions.

[Garrell]

Wow! So many grails locked down by TDT members this year. Congratulations to all.

Wasn't looking for anything, in particular, but I decided to boost my own collection this year and came away with a number of fun pieces:

1. The Gunslinger Lettered "S"
2. Dark Tower proof complete set (FINE; Plume, Grant, Scribner): DT1 - DTV7 + WttK
3. The Stand 1st (FINE; Doubleday, Inscribed; 9/9/79)
4. The Stand 1st (FINE; Doubleday, Inscribed; November 29, 1978)
5. 'Salem's Lot 1st (NF; Doubleday, 2nd State)
6. 'Salem's Lot 1st (FINE; UK, New English Library) X 3
7. IT 1st (FINE; Viking, Flatsigned)
8. The Shining 1st (FINE; Doubleday; Inscribed to Kirby McCauley, May 25, 1978..."The best damn agent in the business.)
9. The Waste Lands 1st (FINE; Viking; Inscribed)
10. Stephen King signed bookplates X 5

Haven't started a collection thread, but I think it's time.

Wow. Amazing stuff.

[OneFathom]

Haven't started a collection thread, but I think it's time.

I think so. Congratulations on some remarkable (Gunslinger Letter S !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) acquisitions.

Thanks, Jerome! Fortunate to be in the right place at the right time.

[OneFathom]

Wow! So many grails locked down by TDT members this year. Congratulations to all.

Wasn't looking for anything, in particular, but I decided to boost my own collection this year and came away with a number of fun pieces:

1. The Gunslinger Lettered "S"
2. Dark Tower proof complete set (FINE; Plume, Grant, Scribner): DT1 - DTV7 + WttK
3. The Stand 1st (FINE; Doubleday, Inscribed; 9/9/79)
4. The Stand 1st (FINE; Doubleday, Inscribed; November 29, 1978)
5. 'Salem's Lot 1st (NF; Doubleday, 2nd State)
6. 'Salem's Lot 1st (FINE; UK, New English Library) X 3
7. IT 1st (FINE; Viking, Flatsigned)
8. The Shining 1st (FINE; Doubleday; Inscribed to Kirby McCauley, May 25, 1978..."The best damn agent in the business.)
9. The Waste Lands 1st (FINE; Viking; Inscribed)
10. Stephen King signed bookplates X 5

Haven't started a collection thread, but I think it's time.

Wow. Amazing stuff.

For real. Thanks, Garrell.

[becca69]

Although I didn't have a goal list for 2020, I was able to grab a Later S/L.
(Most of my acquisitions were original art with the big ones being a Michael Parkes original oil and a Daniel Merriam original acrylic.)