Ned Dameron, Artist

[east-tennessee]

Congrats.

[oy-the-brave]

Congrats George

[tippy4]

Congrats George!

Three different bidders on this one.

I will get her packed up and off to you shortly!

[Patrick]

Congrats George!

Three different bidders on this one.

I will get her packed up and off to you shortly!

Hope you have a big padded envelope handy!





I kid, I kid.

Congratulations, George!

[wizardsrainbow]

Thanks John! I'm just happy David was asleep or at work or stuck on a train for this one :-)

3:20 AM now, time to go to sleep ... night all!

LOL...yeah got too busy at work plus it moved beyond what I was willing to pay anyway.

Glad you got it. So HAPPY for you!!!

[frik]

WHOOO-HOOOOO!!!! As of 2 minutes ago, I'm the proud owner! WHOOO-HOOOO! Man, my heart is beating a mile a minute.

That's great!
Congratulations, George!

sk

[Rahfa]

I think this has been covered before, but have any of these been resold on the open market after the first sale?

I know Betts has bought a couple after the fact, but has there ever been a private buyer-to-buyer sale? I wonder what the longterm market will be like? I think good, but hard to say when there's nothing to compare it too.

[George at C-Springs]

I only know of one sold, back on November 3rd, but I think that was to David. Very good question about long-term market. I personally didn't get it as an investment, I got it because I love the books, the remarque subject, and Ned Dameron's art and his take on the storyline. I have some other remarques which I know probably won't gain any value; Glenn Chadboune's "haunting vision of Blockade Billy" (per Cemetary Dance) which turned out to be a baseball, for instance. Perhaps it's a really scary baseball, but I don't think too much of it and can't see it gaining any value at all. Anyway, I think with the Waste Lands remarques being a unique limited series, done very well, in a tremendously popular Stephen King book certainly can't hurt the value, and I would suspect it will retain, if not gain, over time. Figure the starting bid on all of these was (I believe) $500.00, so you probably wouldn't expect to drop below that. You can pick up other pieces of Dameron's art on eBay for far less (like this one for example: http://cgi.ebay.com/NED-DAMERON-orig...item56383a2796 ), so you know this is likely related more to the author and the story than the artist himself. If you check other artists websites where original pieces are sold, you'll never see a Stephen King-related one available for very long, they get snatched up pretty quickly.

Value depends, of course, on what we're willing to pay. If nobody thought these were worth $500, they wouldn't have sold at all and I imagine Tippy would have re-auctioned with a lower starting bid. He didn't have to do that because these are all pretty fantastic and everybody realized that from the beginning (wish I'd been on board back then!). As long as collectors who are interested are still around and in the mood to add to their collections, they'll (we'll) pay what they consider a fair price (not $200K+ plus for IT , of course ... ha ha) to acquire a nice item. If it gains value I think that's just a bonus, and perhaps my kids will appreciate it some years down the road. Right now they just appreciate cool new Hot Wheels and Bionicles.

As David said above, this one went beyond what he was willing to pay, but of course he already has a half dozen of them! Me, I knew I'd have to go a bit higher than I have been going or risk being the underbidder yet once again, and with there only being two left my chances were diminishing rapidly. I actually got it a bit cheaper than I figured I would, as it's a pretty elaborate and colorful piece of work. I couldn't be happier! Likely if I (or anybody else who has one) were to sell at some point, there would be quite a few collectors just like me thinking they missed out the first time around, and by golly this is their chance. I don't think there's any danger of these not selling in the future, and I'd be really surprised if they didn't gain a little value at some point. But, even if they don't, I'm very happy to have one in my collection!

[Tito_Villa]

Very cool George!!!

[tippy4]

I think this has been covered before, but have any of these been resold on the open market after the first sale?

I know Betts has bought a couple after the fact, but has there ever been a private buyer-to-buyer sale? I wonder what the longterm market will be like? I think good, but hard to say when there's nothing to compare it too.

One book has been resold in a private, non-ebay auction.

As far as I know, none have been resold via ebay.

Not exactly sure what you mean by Betts having bought a couple after the fact, but every book i sold was sold on ebay.

As far as long term value, there is no way to say.

But, because there are so few of these, and because there are quite a few Dark Tower fans, I believe the value will hold.

I know most of the folks who bought these, and i don't believe that long term value was a major factor in their decision to purchase them.

[Sam]

Rahfa,
Since I'm the one who sold my remarque in November, I figured I'd speak up. My remarqued edition was not sold to Betts Books, it was sold as a private person-to-person sale. It hasn't shown up on the Betts website either, and I wouldn't expect it to unless something happened that made David have to begin parting with some of his collection. I can't speak for anyone else, but I know my transaction was between two individuals, not one person and a business.

Edit: I also want to add that this is the sort of piece that I wouldn't try to re-sell on ebay. Also, I wouldn't sell any of these for a penny less than what you pay for them simply because they are unique and completely different from one another, unlike many of the remarqued editions that have come out recently ala Blockade Billy and The Colorado Kid.

[Rahfa]

Ah...for some reason I remembered Wiz saying he'd bought a couple after the fact. I must have confused that with ones he had won at auction himself.

I expect long term value to be fine...especially because they'll show up so rarely. On the other hand, because they'll show up so rarely there will be nothing for a buyer in a year or two to compare it too, and that can depress a sales price - which is why Sam is right, that an owner should hold the line at what they paid (if they ever sell, which I don't see happening for a loooong time).

So just one more to go? So sad....

[tippy4]

#XXI will be here soon.!

I think Ned is going to send me a preliminary drawing soon.

[tippy4]

Well here it is...#XXI.

Ned went a different route on this one, as it is almost all black and white (there is a little red here and there).

I will have it up on ebay in the next 36 hours.

[Ari_Racing]

LOVELY!

I think this one and Plaster Man are my favorites.

[east-tennessee]

Very nice, I like it alot............

[Patrick]

[frik]

Great - like it a lot already..

sk

[oy-the-brave]

How appropriate for the last one, very nice.

[Randall Flagg]

I like that one, and the Tick Tock man.

[Sam]

Between Shardik and The Tower for the best one of the series I think. This one is very nice and should see some good bidding.

[tippy4]

Thank you all for your comments...I will be passing them along to Ned in the next day or two.

I was concerned that the lack of color might be a negative thing, but based on the opinions expressed here, that does not seem to be the case.

Thanks again all.

[WeDealInLead]

Plaster man, Shardik and this one are my favourites.

[frik]

I was concerned that the lack of color might be a negative thing, but based on the opinions expressed here, that does not seem to be the case.

Oops - I thought this was a preliminary sketch - that color would be added still.
Still like it a lot, though.

sk

[George at C-Springs]

I like it, but .. oh, how can that not be a field of red roses leading to the tower ?????? Please Ned, add some color!