Just waiting for Webstar1000 to post "That's a GREAT Deal!!"Originally Posted by Sir_Boomme
Just waiting for Webstar1000 to post "That's a GREAT Deal!!"
"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
well ookkkayy.... if I have to.
Will you go gentle?
“The battle between good and evil is endlessly fascinating because we are participants every day.” - Stephen King
Hilarious. Also, for others that are thinking about a letter to their wives, they should explain how some books are actually not worth as much as they led their wives to believe.
-G
"Absorb the genius of the moment." -Michael Stipe
"Victory is sweet even deep in the cheap seats." -Connor Oberst
NEED:
One For Road Signed Artist Edition, PS Publishing
The Gunslinger Viking proof
Carrie $7.95 Doubleday later printing
Aren't you and Merlin1958 hooking up in Austin?
Have you seen Terry's collection? I'd go gay for that. People in prison do it for a lot less, lol
we'll see, he very well may be to much man for meAren't you and Merlin1958 hooking up in Austin?
Note to self - don't click any Merlin1958 spoilers in this thread...we'll see, he very well may be to much man for meAren't you and Merlin1958 hooking up in Austin?
"This has been a public safety broadcast"
"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
LOL!!!!!
Priceless comment.
Wanted list:
Ubris
we'll see, he very well may be to much man for meAren't you and Merlin1958 hooking up in Austin?
Very true, Terry...
Spoiler:
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
oh well... guess I'll just have to be "satisfied" with the wall-size poster.
Ahh, I'm all "bluster", Terry. Looking very much forward to meeting you in person, getting a signed book and taking in the sites to be seen. I very much appreciate your willingness to be a "tour guide" for, Austin. Went to TCU, but I rarely got to visit much to the south.
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
Sir -
i came here to say exactly what you said ;D
excel - prices - betts - insurance
With the only exemption that i was lucky that my insurance took the whole value of the books, i have an extra part there for "collections"
You may want to let her know sooner that there is an envelope with info on a few collectors to contact if anything happens to you. You don't want her discovering a hidden letter after half your collection has already been donated to Goodwill.
"...that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little." ~ Ray Bradbury
Viking funeral pyre.
Author of The Road to the Dark Tower, Stephen King: A Complete Exploration of His Work, Life, and Influences and The Dark Tower Companion. Co-editor with Stephen King of the anthology Flight or Fright.
Want some wild Indians to dance around the fire? LOL
Spoiler:
Edit: Found it...
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
Do you have your King/book collection in your Will?
I know this is a personal question, but I was just curious if anyone here has their King/book collection in their Will. Or if you don't have a Will, a hypothetical of what you would do with your collection. Quite a few of you here have a pretty vast collection that's worth many thousands of dollars. Would you leave it to your family or someone else? Or have it setup to auction it off after you're gone. I have visions of people with these extremely valuable collections and their family members fighting over who gets what.
It was hell's season, and the air smelled of burning children
In will with instructions to contact Betts Books (David Williamson or current owner) in the case that they should be sold or for any questions regarding value, and/or to get on here and say George at C-Springs has passed, what the hell is an Advance Review Copy and what do we do with all these damn books?
WANT LIST: Any SK #186; Dark Man Unbound 1st Proof; FDNS Unbound 1st Proof; FDNS Black Tape Spine Proof; FDNS Unbound Color Proof
We have a thread discussing what to do with your collection upon your demise. I'll merge this thread into that one.
I plan on selling everything when my daughter turns 21 (unless she wants to keep them) and giving her the cash to do what she wants. 15 years left to enjoy ‘em. I’ll be 66 then (God willing).
Just a reminder you promised to sell me your 1/100 FDNS for twice what you paid for it...
Spoiler:
"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'm leaving it all to my wife and her lover...
and we both thank you Jerome.I'm leaving it all to my wife and her lover...
"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
We just never should have met you Las Vegas...
I have written some tips and advices for my wife about who to contact in order to sell them, and I have an excel file (that i'll print soon) with the info of cost + estimate (as of today) of each books value.
But having about 2000 books / magazines if i recall correctly, I dont think that she'll want to bother.
Which brings me back to a question i have asked several weeks ago but that didnt seem to interest anybody.
Who else that us, individually, know our collection best?
Has anybody already decided that they will sale themselves the collection? And what would make people sell their collection?
I think that The Library Policeman's idea is a good one!
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I started the process of selling mine a number of years ago. I realized I had books on my shelf that I hadn't looked at in years and some that I didn't even remember owning. After going through the process of dissolving someone else's estate, I realized that I had lost the acquisitive nature that had compelled me to get these books in the first place. It's a long, slow process, and some things I'll never get rid of -- personalized items -- but I'm trying hard to lighten my load!
Author of The Road to the Dark Tower, Stephen King: A Complete Exploration of His Work, Life, and Influences and The Dark Tower Companion. Co-editor with Stephen King of the anthology Flight or Fright.
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