King Books/Items Wanted

[firemonkey66]

Lotuz, there was also the Scream Press zippered lettered Skeleton Crew In 1985. I didn’t want to quote that last post because it’s getting kind of bulky

[Randall Flagg]

The lettered was in fact bound in leather with a zipper opening. There is also the pubisher's personal "check copy" 1/1. Try wrestling that one from Bob Jackson's hands.

[MikeDuke]

Not to de-rail the thread but I would love a lettered of some of these books but a mans got to know his limitations.
Carry on.

[Br!an]

Not to de-rail the thread but I would love a lettered of some of these books but a mans got to know his limitations.
Carry on.

[amd013]

Looking to fill these gaps....

1981 Danse Macabre letter
1981 Cujo letter
1982 Dark Tower I Gunslinger letter
1983 Christine letter
1984 The Talisman letter
1990 The Stand letter
1997 Six Stories Roman
2004 Salems Lot Roman
2004 The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon Letter
SIE Bootleg
ANGST Bootleg

I know where three of these are at a very very reasonable price.
Are these for you personally or are they for somebody else?

ALL for me.

Please post pricing you are willing to pay for each one and I will see if this individual is interested in selling.
All are as new mint of course.
If the price is right they might sell more than the three I’m thinking of, its quite a collection.
I will not be adding an up charge.

In answer to the next question.. this individual does not have asking prices because the lettered are generally not for sale..
But if I have an offer to bring to them, they “might” sell

Looking for some opinions on pricing for the Lettered's listed.
Below is Kris's guesstimate for the Lettered's he's looking to acquire, please share input.. Looking for honest value before I meet w/potential seller.
Thanks

Message from Kris on pricing:

"Here is my best guess. I have no idea Rich.. not sold often. See if there is any he will sell. THanks"

1981 Danse Macabre letter - $4500
1981 Cujo letter - $2000
Gunslinger letter - $7500
1983 Christine letter - $2000
1984 The Talisman letter - $1750
1990 The Stand letter - $3500
1997 Six Stories Roman - $1200
2004 Salems Lot Roman - $12000
2004 The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon Letter - $1750
SIE Bootleg - $1200
ANGST Bootleg - $750

These books are rarely offered. Most had limitations to 26 or less. Chris C. had all but the TGWLTG lettered and Angst in his collection sold in 2006 by Stu. In fact, I've never seen a lettered TGWLTG offered anywhere. But here are ballpark prices for normal times. You would be lucky to get a "very, very reasonable" price or "discount" on any of these rare items.

Danse Macabre -- $8K in F/F/F condition. I think Mike P. sold his copy for $10K and I bought a less than F/F/F copy for $6K
Cujo -- $3K minimum. I think CC's copy went for $1.8K 14 years ago. My copy as $2.7K a few years back
Dark Tower I The Gunslinger -- $10K in F/F/F condition. There might be some wiggle room downward...but not much.
Christine -- $3K minimum. Same as Cujo. I got a bargain 15 years ago.
The Talisman -- $2.5K ballpark. Don't see many of these either. My copy cost $1.8K 15 years ago.
The Stand -- $3.5K - $4K minimum. I sold an extra copy for $3K (letter T) a few years ago. Haven't seen one since. I still have Peter Schneider's copy (letter A). It was $4.5K in CC's sale.
Six Stories -- $2.5K - $3K ballpark. I paid up 15 years ago because of the provenance and the association. You might get one for less than my ballpark.
Salem's Lot -- Black is minimum $14K since that was a recent sale and a huge bargain. I'm on record saying that a black Roman is a $17.5K - $20K book. Add at least $5K for a red Roman.
TGWLTG -- no precedent that I'm aware of. Only 15 signed...but not as sought-after as Danse Macabre. I know of one copy and I agreed to buy it this summer as part of a larger purchase. Therefore, I don't want to give a price other than to say that the numbers discussed are way below what I will pay.
Sie -- $3K - $4K depending upon the seller. I bought one from an Austrian dealer for less than $2.5K but I had to pay up to replace it.

I have no idea about Angst. I believe Stockerlone offered a price range a few days ago. I hope there are some successful transactions and I hope this helps.

John

I bought Mike Pasiuk's Lettered Danse over a year ago (i got a good deal).....$6,500 and bought his Angst for $1,600

I sold a Lettered Stand for $5,800 not too long ago

Lettered Gunslinger agreed around $10k
Cujo/Christine agree around $3,000
Agree with Johnny on Talisman, Six Stories and GWLTG

Salem's Lot Roman....one just sold (black) for $14,000 agree red maybe $5k higher

Just to add some more data points on this:

I have 2 "Lettered" copies of the Talisman (one number 1/70, one letter 1/70), one I bought for $1500 (2016), and the other I bought from David for an amount I don't recall (2016).
I bought the TGWLTG for $3000
I bought a roman # Six Stories for $900 in 2015 (guess I got lucky on that one)
Lettered Stand I got for $3800 from Mike P.

[Br!an]

Was Joe really the first publisher to draw this distinct line for the modern use of lettered editions? I mean my guess is "no"... maybe he was the first to use a letter to designate his deluxe versions, but there had to have been publishers prior to 1989 that was doing both "regular" and "deluxe" editions, right?

There have been deluxe and limited editions for over a hundred years. I've seen very early low print run editions (10-25) designated with Roman numerals from the early 20th century. At some point a publisher realized they could publish 26 copies and use a letter designation. I don't know when that occurred though. I do know that there were lettered editions published in the 1960s.

[Johnny007]

Just a clarification regarding the different numbers re: lettered Danse Macabre.

I made the assumption that Mike P. had only one lettered Danse Macabre copy and stated in my original comment that he sold "his" copy. I based my comment on an e-mail I received on 29 January 2018 where he stated in response to a question I had about the availability some items:

"I sold my Lettered Danse for $10000.
Uk Carrie mine is not signed.
I have s marching COTW and portfolio but not cheap."

I should have stated that he sold "a" copy since he sold a copy to David at a different price.

Having multiple copies of items is not unusual. Another collector had at least 2, if not 3, copies of the lettered Danse. And two of them now reside at different locations in the UK. I hope that clarifies any confusion or any questions regarding the lettered Danse Macabre.

John

[Cook]

I want to thank everybody for the input regarding my inquiry into reality based pricing for Stephen King Lettered Editions.
I personally felt uncomfortable approaching these folks with inaccurate "best guesses" pricing.
After many very informative conversations via email, telephone, texts & PM's, I've come to the obvious conclusion to NOT pursue this any longer.
My collecting for the most part has not included Lettereds editions (I only have a couple) so I was/am unfamiliar with honest pricing.
So I apologize to the parties that were interested & hope you understand.

[webstar1000]

I want to thank everybody for the input regarding my inquiry into reality based pricing for Stephen King Lettered Editions.
I personally felt uncomfortable approaching these folks with inaccurate "best guesses" pricing.
After many very informative conversations via email, telephone, texts & PM's, I've come to the obvious conclusion to NOT pursue this any longer.
My collecting for the most part has not included Lettereds editions (I only have a couple) so I was/am unfamiliar with honest pricing.
So I apologize to the parties that were interested & hope you understand.

You could have sent me a private message. I was the interested party. Somehow I’m not surprised by this stunt and called this outcome RIGHT from the start. SMH


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[willie3]

Been very interesting and informative following this lettered pricing discussion.

I find two things puzzling though...
1) Webstar1000, you are always one of the first posters when someone asks about a price on an SK volume, but on all these Lettered editions you were 50% low in some cases, and then professed lack of knowledge regarding pricing.
2) In another thread, you lamented about you being laid off due to the pandemic, but you are trying to purchase better than $38k worth of books, “for me”.

Not surprised either it ended this way, but again, learned a lot.

[webstar1000]

Been very interesting and informative following this lettered pricing discussion.

I find two things puzzling though...
1) Webstar1000, you are always one of the first posters when someone asks about a price on an SK volume, but on all these Lettered editions you were 50% low in some cases, and then professed lack of knowledge regarding pricing.
2) In another thread, you lamented about you being laid off due to the pandemic, but you are trying to purchase better than $38k worth of books, “for me”.

Not surprised either it ended this way, but again, learned a lot.

1) I was asked what I was comfortable to pay. I stated such. The books I need are not sold very often. AND pricing large purchases during a pandemic....
2) where did you read I was going to buy these all at once? Honestly where did I state that? I sold a S/L Slinger I had and had enough to get one maybe two.

PS: Glad you learned a lot.


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[Cook]

I want to thank everybody for the input regarding my inquiry into reality based pricing for Stephen King Lettered Editions.
I personally felt uncomfortable approaching these folks with inaccurate "best guesses" pricing.
After many very informative conversations via email, telephone, texts & PM's, I've come to the obvious conclusion to NOT pursue this any longer.
My collecting for the most part has not included Lettereds editions (I only have a couple) so I was/am unfamiliar with honest pricing.
So I apologize to the parties that were interested & hope you understand.

You could have sent me a private message. I was the interested party. Somehow I’m not surprised by this stunt and called this outcome RIGHT from the start. SMH


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Seriously ??
Kris, is everything always just about you?

[andyg75]

Carrie PS Publishing Lettered G, anyone?

[Fsmdr]

SOD vol 1 S/L
Doctor Sleep S/L

[MikeDuke]

Not to de-rail the thread but I would love a lettered of some of these books but a mans got to know his limitations.
Carry on.

Yep. That's the one and that's me. Knowing my limitations. Not being Clint.

[lotuz]

Was Joe really the first publisher to draw this distinct line for the modern use of lettered editions? I mean my guess is "no"... maybe he was the first to use a letter to designate his deluxe versions, but there had to have been publishers prior to 1989 that was doing both "regular" and "deluxe" editions, right?

There have been deluxe and limited editions for over a hundred years. I've seen very early low print run editions (10-25) designated with Roman numerals from the early 20th century. At some point a publisher realized they could publish 26 copies and use a letter designation. I don't know when that occurred though. I do know that there were lettered editions published in the 1960s.

This is good info and gives me a rough place to start when I get the chance to do some more research! I was doubtful that this was something that was brand new in the 1980s, because I know that my sample is very biased by my collecting habits (signed limited books from the 1980s and later, essentially). But I did some cursory searches and just didn't find much. Obviously I'm going to have to dig deeper and get pretty far outside my own area of semi-quasi-sorta-expertise

[Scoogs]

Was Joe really the first publisher to draw this distinct line for the modern use of lettered editions? I mean my guess is "no"... maybe he was the first to use a letter to designate his deluxe versions, but there had to have been publishers prior to 1989 that was doing both "regular" and "deluxe" editions, right?

There have been deluxe and limited editions for over a hundred years. I've seen very early low print run editions (10-25) designated with Roman numerals from the early 20th century. At some point a publisher realized they could publish 26 copies and use a letter designation. I don't know when that occurred though. I do know that there were lettered editions published in the 1960s.

This is good info and gives me a rough place to start when I get the chance to do some more research! I was doubtful that this was something that was brand new in the 1980s, because I know that my sample is very biased by my collecting habits (signed limited books from the 1980s and later, essentially). But I did some cursory searches and just didn't find much. Obviously I'm going to have to dig deeper and get pretty far outside my own area of semi-quasi-sorta-expertise

I'm interested to hear what you will be able to find.
Despite my signature below, I've never actually researched the limited editions that Mark Twain signed and have no idea if there were lettered versions or not.

[Br!an]

Was Joe really the first publisher to draw this distinct line for the modern use of lettered editions? I mean my guess is "no"... maybe he was the first to use a letter to designate his deluxe versions, but there had to have been publishers prior to 1989 that was doing both "regular" and "deluxe" editions, right?

There have been deluxe and limited editions for over a hundred years. I've seen very early low print run editions (10-25) designated with Roman numerals from the early 20th century. At some point a publisher realized they could publish 26 copies and use a letter designation. I don't know when that occurred though. I do know that there were lettered editions published in the 1960s.

This is good info and gives me a rough place to start when I get the chance to do some more research! I was doubtful that this was something that was brand new in the 1980s, because I know that my sample is very biased by my collecting habits (signed limited books from the 1980s and later, essentially). But I did some cursory searches and just didn't find much. Obviously I'm going to have to dig deeper and get pretty far outside my own area of semi-quasi-sorta-expertise

I'm interested to hear what you will be able to find.
Despite my signature below, I've never actually researched the limited editions that Mark Twain signed and have no idea if there were lettered versions or not.

I know of no lettered Twain. That doesn't mean they don't exist though. There were multiple limiteds. He made a rather famous quote about limited editions and how nobody reads them.

[kingfan2323]

Book found. Thx

[kingfan2323]

Have copies to trade and Looking for #246 of:
Dark Man S/L
Dark Man Art Portfolio
Wizard and Glass UK S/L
TWTTKH UK "gift edition" of 700 copies
Wasteland Portfolio
DT: The Complete Concordance
Road to the Dark Tower

Appreciate people checking. Thx







seeking: anything DT related #246

[frik]

This is my PS Potter The Colorado Kid edition. Looking for the matching Chadbourne and Miller versions.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!

sk

[Randall Flagg]

Congratulations. Hard book to obtain. I tried for years to find a matching PC set. Best I could get was two PC, and one blank copy.

[frik]

Congratulations. Hard book to obtain.

Thanks RF, but it has been in my collection for a couple of years.
Just thought a matching set was long overdue.
But like you said, (very) hard to obtain.

sk

sk

[andyg75]

Congratulations. Hard book to obtain. I tried for years to find a matching PC set. Best I could get was two PC, and one blank copy.

There’s a PC Miller on Abe at the moment

[andyg75]

This is my PS Potter The Colorado Kid edition. Looking for the matching Chadbourne and Miller versions.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!

sk

Good luck with the search