2009 Collecting Goals / 2009 Collecting Achievements

[William50]

Nice..hahaha. me to.

[wizardsrainbow]

Darkers, thanks for starting this thread...very appropriate and a big hug and kiss to you from across the pond to start the new year!

Hmmmm, collecting goals for 2009. Boy, how can I top receiving an Orange Plume Gunslinger Proof in 2008?

Well, I guess my wish list would include:

Sphere Gunslinger Proof
signed UK Song of Susannah

and...owning several new Whelan remarques from LSOE!

[Pasiuk57]

I'm still looking for the following:
anyone have any of these to sell?

Prime Evil UK Proof
Danse Macabe proof UK
Danse Macabe Lettered
Night Shift proof
Stand proof US and UK
Shining proof
Carrie proof oblong
Legacies S/L
Different Seasons UK proof
Colorado Kid proof US
Skeleton Crew UK full proof

Tapes
Different Seasons
Skeleton Crew Book 1 and 2


Ubris Spring 1968 Night Surf
Ubris Fall 1969 Stud City
Marshroots 1975
Maine Mar/Apr 1977
Outside Dec 1995

[William50]

I'm still looking for the following:
anyone have any of these to sell?

Prime Evil UK Proof
Danse Macabe proof UK
Danse Macabe Lettered
Night Shift proof
Stand proof US and UK
Shining proof
Carrie proof oblong
Legacies S/L
Different Seasons UK proof
Colorado Kid proof US
Skeleton Crew UK full proof

Tapes
Different Seasons
Skeleton Crew Book 1 and 2


Ubris Spring 1968 Night Surf
Ubris Fall 1969 Stud City
Marshroots 1975
Maine Mar/Apr 1977
Outside Dec 1995

WOW! Quite a list.

[jhanic]

I didn't even know there was a UK proof of Danse Macabre.

John

[Earth's Militant Mind]

Great thread idea, Lisa.

My 2009 collecting goals are:

1) Obtain books already ordered and often already paid for:
Gaiman's Coraline S/L, Koontz's Odd Thomas 1st/1st signed, Songs of the Dying Earth S/L (w/ Gaiman), He is Legend - Slipcased (King/Hill), LSOE S/L, LSOE AE, Big Book of Necon trade edition, and probably last, but not least: The Secretary of Dreams, Vol. II S/L.

2) Get a decent bookcase with lockable glass doors.

3) Expand my modest signed Gaiman collection.

4) Grow my nascent signed Vonnegut collection, specifically through the Easton Press books.

5) Pick up some or all of the sketch and/or color variant issues of the Dark Tower comic series subsequent to the Gunslinger Born story arc - I don't have much past that point other than the standard editions.

6) Think about obtaining Skeleton Crew S/L, Firestarter S/L, and/or Christine S/L.

7) Continue to lust after everyone else's new acquisitions.


I'm pretty sure that at least #1 and #7 are achievable goals.

Considering this is on your list I'm not so sure #1 is achievable.lol

[carlosdetweiller]

I didn't even know there was a UK proof of Danse Macabre.

John

I don't think there is. Macdonald used exactly the same page layout, pagination, fonts, etc. that Everest House used. It is virtually an identical book to the US edition. If they were going to do that there would have been no need for a proof.

[Earth's Militant Mind]

2009...hum

DT I-III #464
S/L Skeleton Crew
S/L Talisman
S/L Black House
S/L Buick 8

Trading any of my existing S/L for one #464 as I am looking to get a complete set of DT + books connected to DT in matching #'s.

Winning the lottery so I can afford all this. lol

[Darkthoughts]

David, a big hug and smooch right back atcha Happy New Year!

[tippy4]

My 2009 collecting goals are:

1) Obtain books already ordered:
He is Legend S/L
LSOE S/L and AE
Big Book of Necon S/L
The Secretary of Dreams, Vol. II S/L
Legends S/L

2) Get a decent bookcase.

3) Signed copy of Under the Dome.

4) Either a S/L Letters from Hell or a S/L UK Wizard and Glass.

5) Sell off some of my extras and all of my Dark Tower comic books.

[Ari_Racing]

Under the dome Signed
Under the dome ARC
Skeleton crew S/L

And many many items I don´t know about yet

[pickle]

I would like to carry on with my main collection of Promo, maybe get some rarer items.

Also to get more UK 1sts i only have 6 at the moment.

[Pasiuk57]

I can take it off my list!

[Patrick]

My 2009 collecting goals are:
...
5) Sell off some of my extras and all of my Dark Tower comic books.

Tippy, out of curiosity, why sell off all your DT comic books?

[William50]

My 2009 collecting goals are:
...
5) Sell off some of my extras and all of my Dark Tower comic books.

Tippy, out of curiosity, why sell off all your DT comic books?

I was wondering the same thing...

[CRinVA]

A few on order:

• DM Grant Little Sisters of Eluria, Artist Editions (2) with remarqueue hopefully! :-)
• Secretary of Dreams II, S/L (CD Pubs)
• He is Legend, S/L (Gauntlet Press)
• The Complete Dark Tower Concordance (CD Pubs)
• Stephen King: The Non-Fiction (CD Pubs)
• Stephen King Goes to the Movies Limited Hardcover (Subterraneum Press)
• The Big Book of Necon (CD Pubs)

A few holes in the collection:

• The Gunslinger, 1st Edition (if I can stumble on one that I can afford)
• Salem's Lot, 1st Edition (if I can stumble on one that I can afford)
• The 4 Bachman paperbacks (Rage, The Long Walk, The Running Man, Roadwork)
• The Long Road Home #3, #4 Sketch Variants; #4, #5 Variant Editions
• Treachery #1, #2, #3 Sketch Variants
• Captain Tripps #1, #2, #3 Sketch Variants, #3 Variant Edition
• King Audio Books recently released for first time

And a few items not yet available:

• Under the Dome
• Jessica of Dune, Signed
• All Marvel issues, variants and sketch variants as they are released
• The new King audio books being published
• Lock & Key Head Games Arc
• Del Rey Comics The Talisman

This should keep me busy for a while! :-)

[DanishCollector]

King's underwear, signed and framed. Just kidding.

When the money allows it, I'm going to buy home stuff from Betts' Bookstore. Magazines with King's stories and essays, and some hardcovers. I've always wanted the US hardcover of N&D, plus a few other (as I'm not really into the UK ones).
And trying to get scans of more rare stuff, newspaper articles (especially the essays and letters published in Bangor Daily News).

There's also a Danish writer named Dennis Jürgensen whom I want to start collecting. He's been called the Danish Stephen King. He's pretty good, he often uses lots of humor in his works, and he's met the same snobbish attitude here as King has in the US (you know, among the so-called academics).

[turtlex]

I've been to Betts Books... it was like walking into a dream. :sigh:

[tippy4]

My 2009 collecting goals are:
...
5) Sell off some of my extras and all of my Dark Tower comic books.

Tippy, out of curiosity, why sell off all your DT comic books?

You know, I just never got into them. I bought the first five issues, and then just stopped. I decided that since they were not writen by Stephen King, they were not truely part of the tale. Here is what I have for sale:

All are GUNSLINGER BORN.

I have:

#1 Regular
#1 Color Variant
#1 Color Variant (2nd printing)
#2 Regular
#2 Color Variant
#3 Regular
#3 Sketch Variant
#3 Color Variant
#4 Regular
#4 Sketch Variant
#4 Color Variant
#5 Regular
#5 Color Variant

None have ever been out of their bag.

[Patrick]

King's underwear, signed and framed. Just kidding. ...

My 2009 collecting goals are:
...
5) Sell off some of my extras and all of my Dark Tower comic books.

Tippy, out of curiosity, why sell off all your DT comic books?

You know, I just never got into them. I bought the first five issues, and then just stopped. I decided that since they were not written by Stephen King, they were not truly part of the tale. Here is what I have for sale:

All are GUNSLINGER BORN.

I have:

#1 Regular
#1 Color Variant
#1 Color Variant (2nd printing)
#2 Regular
#2 Color Variant
#3 Regular
#3 Sketch Variant
#3 Color Variant
#4 Regular
#4 Sketch Variant
#4 Color Variant
#5 Regular
#5 Color Variant

None have ever been out of their bag.

That would certainly be a nice start for anyone who is getting into the game a little late. Hope the set ends up in the hands of a TDT.com member. Good luck.

[Nerak]

I want all ARCs for Joe Hill's up and coming projects - all signed
LSOE Artist with remark (already have a signed one )
All Locke & Key's upcoming issues

[nt07077]

"And trying to get scans of more rare stuff, newspaper articles (especially the essays and letters published in Bangor Daily News)." -DanishCollector

Come Monday that goal about Bangor Daily News will be off your list, buddy.

[DanishCollector]

nt07077: yeah, you're the man, buddy.

They're updating my other e-mail adress site, so I will e-mail you as soon as its up and running again.

[Patrick]

First Quarter 2009 is wrapping up. How is everyone doing in terms of their lists? Any progress? Gone in another direction?

Here is my update:

Great thread idea, Lisa.

My 2009 collecting goals are:

1) Obtain books already ordered and often already paid for:
Gaiman's Coraline S/L, Koontz's Odd Thomas 1st/1st signed, Songs of the Dying Earth S/L (w/ Gaiman), He is Legend - Slipcased (King/Hill), LSOE S/L, LSOE AE, Big Book of Necon trade edition, and probably last, but not least: The Secretary of Dreams, Vol. II S/L.

2) Get a decent bookcase with lockable glass doors.
(No locks on the doors though.)

3) Expand my modest signed Gaiman collection.

4) Grow my nascent signed Vonnegut collection, specifically through the Easton Press books.

5) Pick up some or all of the sketch and/or color variant issues of the Dark Tower comic series subsequent to the Gunslinger Born story arc - I don't have much past that point other than the standard editions.
(So far: obtained all released color variants for both TLRH and Treachery story arcs. Need one more sketch variant from TLRH (issue #3). Working on the sketch variants for Treachery.)

6) Think about obtaining Firestarter S/L, Christine S/L and/or Cujo S/L.
(Obtained Skeleton Crew S/L and Dolan's Cadillac S/L which were not on my original list but should have been.)

7) Continue to lust after everyone else's new acquisitions.


I'm pretty sure that at least #1 and #7 are achievable goals.

[Ari_Racing]

For me, so far nothing (even when I didn't post it, I was counting on LSOE and saving for Skeleton Crew S/L.

The first one is still at DHL grabing some dust in one corner. The other one..well..no money.